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  • A Low-Phase-Noise RF Up/Down-Converter for Cost-Effective 5G Millimeter-Wave Test Solutions

    Jaeyong KO  Namkyoung KIM  Kyungho YOO  Tongho CHUNG  

     
    BRIEF PAPER

      Pubricized:
    2023/04/19
      Vol:
    E106-C No:11
      Page(s):
    713-717

    The increasing demand for millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequencies with wider signal bandwidths, such as 5G NR, requires large investments on test equipment. This work presents a 5G mmWave up/down-converter with a 40 GHz LO, fabricated in custom PCBs with off-the-shelf components. The mmWave converter has broad IF and RF bandwidths of 1∼5 GHz and 21∼45 GHz, and the built-in LO generates 20∼29.5 GHz and 33.5∼40 GHz of output. To achieve high linearity of the converter simultaneously, the LO must produce low-phase-noise and be capable of high harmonics/spur rejection, and design techniques related to these features are demonstrated. Additionally, a reconfigurable IF amplifier for bi-directional conversion is included and demonstrates low gain variation to maintain the linearity of the wideband modulation signals. The final designed converter is tested with 5G OFDM 64-QAM 100 MHz 1-CC (4-CC) signals and shows RF/IF output power of -3/8 dBm with a linear range of 35 (30)/38 (33) dB at an EVM of 25 dB.