AN281 - Infineon

BF R84 0L3 RH E SD
Low P arts Co unt Lo w Nois e A mpl ifie r
for 5 to 6 G Hz W LA N with
BF R84 0L3 RH E SD u s ing 0 201 S M Ds
Applic atio n N ote A N 281
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BFR840L3RHESD
Low Parts Count Low Noise Amplifier for 5 to 6 GHz WLAN with
BFR840L3RHESD using 0201 SMDs
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BFR840L3RHESD
Low Parts Count Low Noise Amplifier for 5 to 6 GHz WLAN with
BFR840L3RHESD using 0201 SMDs
List of Content, Figures and Tables
Table of Content
1
1.1
1.2
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 5
®
Wi-Fi ................................................................................................................................................... 5
Device Overview: BFR840L3RHESD .................................................................................................. 6
2
Low Parts Count Low Noise Amplifier for 5 to 6 GHz WLAN with BFR840L3RHESD using
0201 SMDs .......................................................................................................................................... 7
3
Overview ............................................................................................................................................. 8
4
Summary of Measurement Results .................................................................................................. 8
5
Schematics ......................................................................................................................................... 9
6
Measured Graphs ............................................................................................................................. 10
7
Evaluation Board and Layout Information .................................................................................... 17
8
Authors .............................................................................................................................................. 19
List of Figures
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure 4
Figure 5
Figure 6
Figure 7
Figure 8
Figure 9
Figure 10
Figure 11
Figure 12
Figure 13
Figure 14
Figure 15
Figure 16
Figure 17
Figure 18
Figure 19
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5 – 6 GHz Wi-Fi Wireless LAN (WLAN, IEEE802.11a/n) and WiMAX (IEEE802.16e) Front-End ..... 5
Schematic Diagram of the used Circuit ................................................................................................ 9
Insertion Power Gain of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD ........................................ 10
Wideband Insertion Power Gain of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD ....................... 10
Noise figure of BFR840L3RHESD for 5100-5900 MHz ..................................................................... 11
Reverse Isolation of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD .............................................. 11
Input Matching of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD .................................................. 12
Input Matching of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD (Smith Chart) ............................ 12
Output Matching of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD ............................................... 13
Output Matching of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD (Smith Chart) ......................... 13
Wideband Stability K Factor of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD ............................. 14
Wideband Stability Mu Factor of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD ........................... 14
Input 1dB compression point of the BFR840L3RHESD circuit at 5500 MHz..................................... 15
rd
Output 3 Order Intercept Point of BFR840L3RHESD at 5500 MHz ................................................ 15
OFF-Mode (Vcc = 0V, Icc = 0mA) S21 of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD ............. 16
Photo Picture of Evaluation Board for the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD .................. 17
Zoom-In of Photo Picture of Evaluation Board the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD ..... 17
Layout Proposal for RF Grounding of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD ................... 18
PCB Layer Information ....................................................................................................................... 18
List of Tables
Table 1
Table 2
Summary of Measurement Results ...................................................................................................... 8
Bill-of-Materials..................................................................................................................................... 9
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Low Parts Count Low Noise Amplifier for 5 to 6 GHz WLAN with
BFR840L3RHESD using 0201 SMDs
Introduction
1
Introduction
1.1
Wi-Fi®
The Wi-Fi® function is one of the most important connectivity functions in Access Point (AP)
routers, notebooks, smart phones and tablet PCs. Wi-Fi® according to IEEE 802.11b/g at 2.4
GHz has been widely implemented over years. Due to the cloudy WLAN network at 2.4 GHz,
the Wi-Fi® applications also at 5 – 6 GHz according to IEEE 802.11n and IEEE 802.11ac are
gaining focus. Also, different applications like home entertainment with wireless high-quality
multimedia signal transmission, home networking notebooks, mass data storages and
printers implement 5 – 6 GHz Wi-Fi® into their system to offer high-speed wireless
connection.
For this kind of high-speed high data rate wireless communication standards it is essential to
ensure the quality of the link path. Major performance criteria of these equipments have to be
fulfilled: sensitivity, strong signal capability and interference immunity. Below a general
application diagram of a WLAN system is shown.
WLAN/WiMAX:
4.9 – 5.9 GHz
BPF
LNA
SPDT
Switch
Power Detector
BPF
PA
WLAN/
WiMAX
Transceiver IC
ESD
Diode
Figure 1
®
5 – 6 GHz Wi-Fi Wireless LAN (WLAN, IEEE802.11a/n) and WiMAX (IEEE802.16e) Front-End
In order to increase the system sensitivity an excellent low noise amplifier (LNA) in front of
the receiver is mandatory, especially in an environment with very weak signal strength and
because of the insertion loss of the SPDT switch and the Bandpass Filter (BPF) or diplexer.
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Introduction
The typical allowed overall system Noise Figure (NF) of the receiver chain of approx. 2 dB
can only be achieved by using a high-gain low noise amplifier. As an example, to increase
the sensitivity by 5 dB means doubled link distance.
In addition, strong signal environment can exist when the equipment is next to a transmitter.
In that case, the LNA must be linear enough, i.e. have high 1dB compression point. This
avoids saturation, degradation of the gain and increased noise figure.
The cloudy wireless environment nowadays makes the wireless system design more
complicated. All kinds of interference might introduce signal distortion and reduce the real
throughput data rate. To ensure that the low noise amplifier is not interfered by those signals
good linearity characteristics like high IP3 are required.
This application note is focusing on the LNA block, but Infineon does also support with RFswitches, TVS-diodes for ESD protection and RF Schottky diodes for power detection.
1.2
Device Overview: BFR840L3RHESD
The high end ultra low noise SiGe:C Heterojunction Bipolar RF Transistor (HBT)
BFR840L3RHESD has been developed using Infineon’s latest B9HFM technology. This
technology has been specifically designed for WiFi applications between 5 and 6 GHz. The
BFR840L3RHESD is available in the extremely small and leadless TSLP-3-9 package
(0.31mm height) and is especially suitable for portable battery-powered applications in which
reduced power consumption and small size is a key requirement. The key features of this
technology are very high transition frequency (fT = 80 GHz) and low parasitics, which enable
to achieve higher gain and lower noise figure compared to the previous generation SiGe:C
RF transistor BFR740L3RH. On top of that the BFR840L3RHESD has an integrated 1.5kV
HBM ESD protection which makes the device robust against electrostatic discharge and
extreme RF input power. Moreover the Gamma Opt point (location of optimum source
impedance for minimum noise figure) at 5 to 6 GHz is located close to 50 Ohm which enables
to achieve input matching without any external matching component.
BFR840L3RHESD is also available in other packages, e.g. BFP840ESD (SOT343),
BFP840FESD (TSFP-4-1).
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Low Parts Count Low Noise Amplifier for 5 to 6 GHz WLAN with BFR840L3RHESD using 0201 SMDs
2
Low Parts Count Low Noise Amplifier for 5 to 6 GHz WLAN with
BFR840L3RHESD using 0201 SMDs
This application note presents the measurement results of the Low Noise Amplifier using
BFR840L3RHESD SiGe:C Heterojunction Bipolar RF transistor from Infineon Technologies
for 5100 MHz to 5900 MHz WLAN applications. The circuit schematic shown in Figure 2
doesn’t require any external input matching element. Nevertheless, proper RF grounding on
PCB has to be ensured (please refer to Figure 18) in order to achieve the good performance.
It’s a low parts count solution which requires only 8 passive 0201 SMD components. The
LNA brings gain from 15.5 dB to 14.7 dB over the frequency band from 5100 MHz to 5900
MHz. The gain is approx. 1 dB higher compare to BFR740L3RH 5 – 6 GHZ WLAN LNA
(AN170). Since there is no external passive required for matching at the input which is also
better for noise figure, we have achieved noise figure as low as 0.92 dB (SMA and PCB
losses are subtracted), which is 0.2 dB lower compare to BFR740L3RH 5 – 6 GHZ WLAN
LNA (AN170).
Furthermore, this device provides an unconditional stability from 10 MHz to 11 GHz. The
circuit is matched at input and output, and presents an input return loss more than 10 dB, and
an output return loss more than 12 dB.
Moreover, the LNA consumes 3.5mA less current compare to BFR740L3RH 5 – 6 GHZ
WLAN LNA (AN170). At the frequency of 5.5 GHz, using two tones spaced of 1 MHz, the
output third intercept point reaches 17 dBm. Besides, we obtain 1dB compression point of -8
dBm at the input at 5.5 GHz.
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Low Parts Count Low Noise Amplifier for 5 to 6 GHz WLAN with
BFR840L3RHESD using 0201 SMDs
Overview
3
Overview
Device:
BFR840L3RHESD
Application:
Low Parts Count Low Noise Amplifier for 5 to 6 GHz WLAN with
BFR840L3RHESD using 0201 SMDs
PCB Marking: BFR840L3RHESD TSLP-3-9 M120131
(PCB designed for 0201 SMDs)
4
Summary of Measurement Results
Table 1
Summary of Measurement Results
Parameter
Symbol
Value
Unit
DC Voltage
Vcc
3.0
V
DC Current
Icc
9.4
mA
Frequency Range
Freq
5100
5500
5900
MHz
Gain
G
15.5
15.1
14.7
dB
Noise Figure
NF
0.98
0.96
0.92
dB
RLin
10
11
13
dB
RLout
12
13
14
dB
IRev
22
21
20
dB
Input Return Loss
Output Return Loss
Reverse Isolation
Input P1dB
IP1dB
-8
dBm
Output P1dB
OP1dB
+6
dBm
Input IP3
IIP3
+2
dBm
Output IP3
OIP3
+17
dBm
k
>1.0
--
Stability
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Note/Test Condition
SMA and PCB losses (0.14 dB) are
subtracted
Power @ Input: -25 dBm
f1= 5500 MHz, f2= 5501 MHz
Stability measured from 10MHz to
11GHz
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Schematics
5
Schematics
Vcc= 3.0 V
J3
DC Connector
All passives are “0201“ case size
Inductor L1
LQP30T Series
Capacitors
GRM Series
I = 9.4 mA
R3
120
ohms
R0
0 Ohm
R2
27 ohms
C3
1pF
R1
33k
Ohms
L1
3.7nH
Q1
BFR840L3RHESD
C1
22pF
J1
RF Port1
INPUT
C4
1nF
A proper RF grounding is required to ensure
the LNA performance. Please refer to Chapter
7 for the layout proposal.
Table 2
Symbol
J2
RF Port2
OUTPUT
Total Component Count = 9
including BFR840L3RHESD transistor
PCB = M120131 BFR840L3RHESD
PCB Board Material = Standard FR4
Layer spacing (top RF to internal ground plane): 0.2 mm
Figure 2
C2
18pF
Inductors = 1 (Low Q)
Resistors = 3
Capacitors = 4
Schematic Diagram of the used Circuit
Bill-of-Materials
Value
Unit
Size
Manufacturer
Comment
C1
22
pF
0201
Murata GRM0335 series
Input DC block
C2
18
pF
0201
Murata GRM0335 series
Output DC block
C3
1
pF
0201
Murata GRM0335 series
Output matching
C4
1
nF
0201
Murata GRM0335 series
L1
3.7
nH
0201
Murata LQP30T series
R0
0
Ω
0201
Various
RF decoupling / blocking cap
Output matching and biasing to the
Collector
Jumper
R1
33
kΩ
0201
Various
DC biasing
R2
27
Ω
0201
Various
Stability improvement
R3
120
Ω
0201
Various
DC biasing (provies DC negative
feedback to stabilize DC operating
point over temperature variation,
transistor hFE variation, etc.)
BFR840L3RHESD SiGe:C
Heterojunction Bipolar RF Transistor
Q1
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Measured Graphs
6
Measured Graphs
Insertion Power Gain InBand
17
16
5900 MHz
14.7 dB
15
5100 MHz
15.5 dB
14
13
4000
Figure 3
4500
5000
5500
6000
Frequency (MHz)
6500
7000
Insertion Power Gain of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD
Insertion Power Gain WideBand
20
18
5100 MHz
15.5 dB
5900 MHz
14.7 dB
16
14
12
10
2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000
Frequency (MHz)
Figure 4
Wideband Insertion Power Gain of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD
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Measured Graphs
Noise Figure
1.5
NF(dB)
1.3
1.1
5100 MHz
0.98 dB
5900 MHz
0.92 dB
0.9
0.7
5000
Figure 5
5200
5400
5600
Frequency (MHz)
5800
6000
Noise figure of BFR840L3RHESD for 5100-5900 MHz
Reverse Isolation
60
50
40
5100 MHz
21.8 dB
5900 MHz
20.3 dB
30
20
10
0
4000
Figure 6
4500
5000
5500
6000
Frequency (MHz)
6500
7000
Reverse Isolation of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD
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Measured Graphs
Input Matching
-6
-8
-10
5100 MHz
-10.5 dB
-12
-14
4000
Figure 7
4500
5900 MHz
-13.7 dB
5000
5500
6000
Frequency (MHz)
6500
7000
Input Matching of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD
Swp Max
7000MHz
2.
0
6
0.
0.8
1.0
Input Matching Smith
0.
4
0
3.
0
4.
5.0
5100 MHz
r 0.579723
x -0.267834
-4
.0
-5.
0
2
-0.
-3
.0
.0
-2
-1.0
-0.8
-0
.6
.4
-0
Figure 8
5.0
4.0
2.0
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
3.0
-10.0
0
10.0
10.0
0.2
5900 MHz
r 0.641942
x -0.0162867
Swp Min
3500MHz
Input Matching of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD (Smith Chart)
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Measured Graphs
Output Matching
-10
-12
5100 MHz
-12.13 dB
-14
5900 MHz
-14.95 dB
-16
-18
4000
Figure 9
4500
5000
5500
6000
Frequency (MHz)
6500
7000
Output Matching of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD
Swp Max
7000MHz
2.
0
6
0.
0.8
1.0
Output Matching Smith
0.
4
0
3.
0
4.
10.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
10.0
2.0
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.2
0
5.0
5900 MHz
r 0.832929
x -0.308556
-10.0
2
-0.
.0
-2
-1.0
-0.8
-0
.6
-3
.0
.4
-0
Figure 10
4
.0
-5.
0
5100 MHz
r 0.998797
x -0.529221
Swp Min
3500MHz
Output Matching of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD (Smith Chart)
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Measured Graphs
Stability K Factor
3
2
1
1615 MHz
1.06
0
10
Figure 11
2010
4010
6010
Frequency (MHz)
8010
10000
Wideband Stability K Factor of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD
Stability Mu Factor
2
1.5
1
1620.9 MHz
1.015
Mu2 factor
0.5
Mu1 factor
0
10
Figure 12
2010
4010
6010
Frequency (MHz)
8010
10000
Wideband Stability Mu Factor of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD
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Measured Graphs
Input 1dB Compression Point
20
Gain(dB)
15
-26.81 dBm
15.12 dB
-7.915 dBm
14.12 dB
10
5
0
-27
-22
-17
-12
Pin (dBm)
-7
-2
Figure 13
Input 1dB compression point of the BFR840L3RHESD circuit at 5500 MHz
Figure 14
Output 3 Order Intercept Point of BFR840L3RHESD at 5500 MHz
0
rd
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Measured Graphs
OFF Mode S21
-19
-20
5100 MHz
-19.9 dB
-21
5900 MHz
-20.6 dB
-22
-23
-24
4000
Figure 15
4500
5000
5500
6000
Frequency (MHz)
6500
7000
OFF-Mode (Vcc = 0V, Icc = 0mA) S21 of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD
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Evaluation Board and Layout Information
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Evaluation Board and Layout Information
Figure 16
Photo Picture of Evaluation Board for the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD
Figure 17
Zoom-In of Photo Picture of Evaluation Board the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD
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Evaluation Board and Layout Information
Figure 18
Layout Proposal for RF Grounding of the 5-6GHz WLAN LNA with BFR840L3RHESD
Vias
FR4 Core, 0.2mm
Copper
35µm
Figure 19
FR4 Prepreg,
0.8mm
PCB Layer Information
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Authors
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Authors
Shamsuddin Ahmed, Application Engineer of Business Unit “RF and Protection Devices”
Dr. Chih-I Lin, Senior Staff Engineer of Technical Marketing of Business Unit “RF and
Protection Devices”
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