UM10517 User manual for the BGU7003 868MHz LNA evaluation board Rev.1.0 — 06 December 2011 User manual Document information Info Content Keywords 868MHz LNA, BGU7003. Application Board ordering info: Abstract This document explains the BGU7003 868MHz LNA evaluation Board. Ordering info Board-number: OM7801/BGU7003/868,598 12NC: 934066071598 Contact information For more information, please visit: http://www.nxp.com UM10517 NXP Semiconductors BGU7003 868MHz LNA EVB Revision history Rev Date Description 1.0 Initial document 20111206 Contact information For more information, please visit: http://www.nxp.com For sales office addresses, please send an email to: [email protected] UM10517 User manual All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev.1.0 — 06 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 2 of 15 UM10517 NXP Semiconductors BGU7003 868MHz LNA EVB 1. Introduction NXP Semiconductors’ BGU7003 is wideband Silicon Germanium Amplifier MMICs for high speed, low noise applications. It can be used mainly for LNA applications up to 6 GHz like GPS, Satellite radio, Cordless Phone. The BGU7003 contains one RF stage and internal bias that is temperature stabilized. It also contains a power down function to shutdown the amplifier by means of a logic signal on the enable pin. The BGU7003 is ideal for use in portable electronic devices, such as mobile phones, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs) etc. The 868MHz LNA BGU7003 Universal Evaluation Board (EVB) see Fig 1 is designed to evaluate the performance of the BGU7003 applied as an 868MHz LNA. In this document, the application diagram, board layout, bill of material, and some typical results are given. Fig 1. BGU7003 868MHz LNA evaluation board. UM10517 User manual All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev.1.0 — 06 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 3 of 15 UM10517 NXP Semiconductors BGU7003 868MHz LNA EVB 2. General Description NXP Semiconductors’ BGU7003 consist of a wideband Silicon Germanium SiGe transistor with internal bias circuit. This bias circuit is temperature stabilized, which keeps the current constant over temperature. The bias current for the RF stage can be set via an external bias resistor enabling flexibility in choosing the bias current. The BGU7003 is also supplied with an enable function that allows it to be controlled with a logic signal. This disable mode it only consumes less than 0.4 µA. In Fig 2 the simplified internal circuit of the BGU7003 is given. 1 Rb 6 Vcc Bias AND Enable Circuit RFin GND 2 5 3 4 Enable RFout Fig 2. Simplified internal circuit of the BGU7003 The BGU7003 is not internally matched so for both input and output a matching circuit needs to be designed. The fact that no internal matching is available makes the product suitable for different application/frequency areas. In the next paragraphs the BGU7003 applied as a 868MHz LNA is described. 3. Application Board The BGU7003 Universal Evaluation Board 868MHz LNA simplifies the evaluation of the BGU7003 wideband amplifier MMIC, for the 868MHz application area. The BGU7003 Universal Evaluation Board enables testing of the device performance and requires no additional support circuitry. The board is fully assembled with the BGU7003 IC, including input- and output matching, to optimize the performance. The board is supplied with two SMA connectors for input and output connection to RF test equipment. UM10517 User manual All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev.1.0 — 06 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 4 of 15 UM10517 NXP Semiconductors BGU7003 868MHz LNA EVB 3.1 Application Circuit The circuit diagram of the BGU7003 Universal Evaluation Board is given in Fig 3. Fig 3. Circuit diagram of the BGU7003 Universal Evaluation Board 3.2 Board Layout Fig 4. Printed circuit board lay-out of the BGU7003 Universal Evaluation Board. UM10517 User manual All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev.1.0 — 06 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 5 of 15 UM10517 NXP Semiconductors BGU7003 868MHz LNA EVB 3.3 PCB layout A good PCB Layout is an essential part of an RF circuit design. The BGU7003 Universal Evaluation Board can serve as a guideline for laying out a board using the BGU7003. Use controlled impedance lines for all high frequency inputs and outputs. Bypass VCC with decoupling capacitors, preferable located as close as possible to the device. For long bias lines it may be necessary to add decoupling capacitors along the line further away from the device. Proper grounding the GND pin is also essential for good RF performance. Either connect the GND pin directly to the ground plane or through vias, or do both. The material that has been used for the EVB is FR4 using the stack shown in Fig 5. Material supplier is ISOLA DURAVER; Εr= 4.6-4.9: Τδ=0.02. 20um Cu 0.2mm FR4 Critical 20um Cu 0.9mm FR4 only for mechanical rigidity of PCB 20um Cu Fig 5. Stack of the PCB material. 3.4 Bill of materials Table 1. BOM of the BGU7003 868MHz LNA evaluation board. Designator Description Footprint Value Supplier Name/type Comment Z1 L 0402 10nH muRata / LQW15 (wire wound) Input Match (Optional: 15nH) Z2 C 0402 1pF Input Match (Optional: not mounted) Z3 C 0402 100pF DC-Block Z4 not mounted 0402 - Z5 not mounted 0402 - Z6 L 0402 33nH muRata / LQG15 Output Match Z7 R 0402 100Ω Various Stability Z8 L 0402 2.7nH muRata / LQG15 Output Match Z9 C 0402 1.5pF Output Match / stability Z10 C 0402 100pF DC-Block Z11 R 0402 0Ω C1 n.m. 0402 C2 C 0402 100pF R1 R 0402 3k9Ω Various Bias setting. R2 R 0402 0Ω Various Short B3 MMIC BGU7003 NXP - UM10517 User manual Various Short Decoupling Decoupling All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev.1.0 — 06 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 6 of 15 UM10517 NXP Semiconductors BGU7003 868MHz LNA EVB 4. Required Equipment In order to measure the BGU7003 Universal Evaluation Board the following is necessary. • DC Power Supply up to 30 mA at 2 to 2.8 V (up to 15V for bias control) • An RF signal generator capable of generating an RF signal at the operating frequency of 1GHz. • An RF spectrum analyzer that covers at least the operating frequency of 1GHz as well as a few of the harmonics, so up to 6 GHz should be sufficient. • ”Optional” a version with the capability of measuring noise figure is convenient. • Amp meter to measure the supply current (optional). • A network analyzer for measuring gain, return loss and reverse Isolation. • Noise figure analyzer and noise source. • Proper RF cables 5. Connections and Set_up The BGU7003 Universal Evaluation Board 868MHz LNA is fully assembled and tested. Please follow the steps below for a step-by-step guide to operate the BGU7003 Universal Evaluation Board and testing the device functions. 1. Connect the DC power supply set to 2.8V to the VCC, VRb Ven and GND terminals. Set the power supply to the desired supply voltage, between 2.2 and 2.85V, but never exceed 3.0V as it might damage the BGU7003. 2. Connect the RF signal generator and the Spectrum Analyzer; to the RF input and the RF output of the BGU7003 Universal Evaluation Board respectively. Do not turn on the RF output of the signal generator yet, set it to -40dBm output power at 868MHz, set the spectrum analyzer on 868MHz center frequency and a reference level of 0dBm. 3. Turn on the DC power supply and it should read approximately 5mA. 4. Enable the RF output of the generator; the spectrum analyzer displays a tone of 868MHz at around –26 dBm. 5. In order to evaluate the board on different bias currents through RF stage of the MMIC the Voltage on Rb (VRb) can be connected to a separate power supply. This is enabling the control of the bias current. 6. To evaluate the enable function the Ven terminal of the board can also be connected to a separate DC power supply that either gives a voltage >0.6V (amplifier on) or <0.5V amplifier off. 7. Instead of using a signal generator and spectrum analyzer one can also use a Network Analyzer in order to measure Gain as well as in- and output return loss. 8. For Noise figure evaluation, either a noise-figure analyzer or a spectrum analyzer with noise option can be used. The use of a 5 dB noise source, like the Agilent 364A is recommended. When measuring the noise figure of the evaluation board, any kind of adaptors, cables etc between the noise source and the BGU7003 Universal Evaluation Board should be avoided, since this affects the noise performance. UM10517 User manual All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev.1.0 — 06 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 7 of 15 UM10517 NXP Semiconductors BGU7003 868MHz LNA EVB Fig 6. BGU7003 Universal Evaluation Board 868MHz LNA including its connections UM10517 User manual All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev.1.0 — 06 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 8 of 15 UM10517 NXP Semiconductors BGU7003 868MHz LNA EVB 6. Typical EVB Results The tables and figures in this paragraph show the results measured for a numbers of EVB’s. Table 2. Typical results measured on the Evaluation Boards. Operating Frequency is 868MHz; Vcc and Ven = 2.8V (Icc~5mA) Temp = 25 °C, unless otherwise specified. Parameter Symbol BGU7003 EVB Unit Comment Noise Figure NF 0.9 dB [1] Power Gain Gp 19 dB [2] Input Return Loss IRL 4 dB [2] Output Return Loss ORL 11 dB [2] 30 dB [2] Reverse Isolation Output 1dB Gain OP1dB -6.5 dBm Output third order OIP3 8.5 dBm on/off switching time T on/off 0.7 µs [3] [1] The NF and Gain figures are being measured at the SMA connectors of the EVB, so the losses of the connectors and the PCB are not subtracted. If you do so the NF will improve approximately 0.1 dB. [2] Pin=-45dBm [3] 2-Tone test with F1=868MHz, F2=873MHz (Spacing 5MHz). Highest spurious used for calculations. The figures on the next page give measured S-Parameter-, 2-Tone test- and P1dBresults of a typical BGU7003 868MHz LNA made with the Universal Board. This 868MHz LNA was designed with a trade-off between optimal input-match and lowest NF. To improve the IRL, Z2 (see Error! Reference source not found.) can be removed, and Z1 (10nH) can be increased to ~15nH. As a result the IRL will improve with ~3dB and the NF will increase with ~0.2dB (IRL~7dB => NF~1.2dB). UM10517 User manual All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev.1.0 — 06 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 9 of 15 UM10517 NXP Semiconductors BGU7003 868MHz LNA EVB 22 -20 -22 21 -24 -26 S12 [dB] S21 [dB] 20 19 18 -28 -30 -32 -34 -36 17 -38 16 6.0E+08 7.0E+08 8.0E+08 Freq [Hz] 9.0E+08 -40 6.0E+08 1.0E+09 Vsup=2.8V / ~5mA. 0 -2 -2 -4 -4 -6 -6 S22 [dB] S11 [dB] 9.0E+08 1.0E+09 Fig 8. BGU7003 UNI EVB 868MHz LNA: S12 0 -8 -8 -10 -10 -12 -12 7.0E+08 8.0E+08 Freq [Hz] Vsup=2.8V / ~5mA. Fig 7. BGU7003 UNI EVB 868MHz LNA: S21 -14 6.0E+08 7.0E+08 8.0E+08 Freq [Hz] 9.0E+08 1.0E+09 Vsup=2.8V / ~5mA. -14 6.00E+08 7.00E+08 8.00E+08 Freq [Hz] 9.00E+08 1.00E+09 Vsup=2.8V / ~5mA. Fig 9. BGU7003 UNI EVB 868MHz LNA: S11 Fig 10. BGU7003 UNI EVB 868MHz LNA: S22 K-f actor 1000000 100000 K-factor 10000 1000 K 100 50 per. Mov. Avg. (K) 10 1 0.1 0.0E+00 2.0E+09 4.0E+09 6.0E+09 8.0E+09 1.0E+10 Freq [Hz] Vsup=2.8V / ~5mA. Fig 11. BGU7003 UNI EVB 868MHz LNA: K-Factor UM10517 User manual All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev.1.0 — 06 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 10 of 15 UM10517 NXP Semiconductors BGU7003 868MHz LNA EVB Pout / Pin curve @ 868MHz 2-Tone Test 0 Pout=f(Pin) -10 Gp=f(Pin) 10 20 5 19 0 18 -5 17 -10 16 -15 15 -20 14 -20 -50 -60 -70 Gp [dB] -40 Pout [dBm] Pout [dBm] -30 -80 -90 -100 8.5E+08 13 -25 8.6E+08 8.7E+08 8.8E+08 -50 8.9E+08 -40 Vsup=2.8V / ~5mA. User manual -20 -10 0 Vsup=2.8V / ~5mA. Fig 12. BGU7003 UNI EVB 868MHz LNA: 2-Tone Test UM10517 -30 Pin [dBm] Freq [Hz] Fig 13. BGU7003 UNI EVB 868MHz LNA: P1dB Test All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev.1.0 — 06 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 11 of 15 UM10517 NXP Semiconductors BGU7003 868MHz LNA EVB 7. 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List of figures Fig 1. Fig 2. Fig 3. Fig 4. Fig 5. Fig 6. Fig 7. Fig 8. Fig 9. Fig 10. Fig 11. Fig 12. Fig 13. BGU7003 868MHz LNA evaluation board......... 3 Simplified internal circuit of the BGU7003 ......... 4 Circuit diagram of the BGU7003 Universal Evaluation Board............................................... 5 Printed circuit board lay-out of the BGU7003 Universal Evaluation Board. .............................. 5 Stack of the PCB material. ................................ 6 BGU7003 Universal Evaluation Board 868MHz LNA including its connections Error! Bookmark not defined. BGU7003 UNI EVB 868MHz LNA: S21............ 10 BGU7003 UNI EVB 868MHz LNA: S12............ 10 BGU7003 UNI EVB 868MHz LNA: S11............ 10 BGU7003 UNI EVB 868MHz LNA: S22............ 10 BGU7003 UNI EVB 868MHz LNA: K-Factor ... 10 BGU7003 UNI EVB 868MHz LNA: 2-Tone Test ........................................................................ 11 BGU7003 UNI EVB 868MHz LNA: P1dB Test 11 UM10517 User manual All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev.1.0 — 06 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 13 of 15 UM10517 NXP Semiconductors BGU7003 868MHz LNA EVB 9. List of tables Table 1. Table 2. BOM of the BGU7003 868MHz LNA evaluation board................................................................. 6 Typical results measured on the Evaluation Boards............................................................... 9 UM10517 User manual All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev.1.0 — 06 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 14 of 15 UM10517 NXP Semiconductors BGU7003 868MHz LNA EVB 10. Contents 1. 2. 3. 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 4. 5. 6. 7. 7.1 7.2 7.3 8. 9. 10. Introduction ......................................................... 3 General Description ............................................ 4 Application Board ............................................... 4 Application Circuit .............................................. 5 Board Layout ...................................................... 5 PCB layout ......................................................... 6 Bill of materials ................................................... 6 Required Equipment ........................................... 7 Connections and Set_up .................................... 7 Typical EVB Results ............................................ 9 Legal information .............................................. 12 Definitions ........................................................ 12 Disclaimers....................................................... 12 Trademarks ...................................................... 12 List of figures..................................................... 13 List of tables ...................................................... 14 Contents ............................................................. 15 Please be aware that important notices concerning this document and the product(s) described herein, have been included in the section 'Legal information'. © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. For more information, please visit: http://www.nxp.com For sales office addresses, please send an email to: [email protected] Date of release: 06 December 2011 Document identifier: UM10517