AN11103 Externally-matched 900 MHz LNA using BGU7005 Rev. 1 — 7 December 2011 Application note Document information Info Content Keywords BGU7005, LNA, externally matched Abstract This application note describes an evaluation board design using the BGU7005 for an externally-matched 900 MHz ISM band LNA. Board schematic, circuit simulation, layout, BOM and typical performance characteristics are provided. AN11103 NXP Semiconductors Externally-matched 900 MHz LNA using BGU7005 Revision history Rev Date Description v.1 20111207 first issue Contact information For more information, please visit: http://www.nxp.com For sales office addresses, please send an email to: [email protected] AN11103 Application note All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev. 1 — 7 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 2 of 12 AN11103 NXP Semiconductors Externally-matched 900 MHz LNA using BGU7005 1. Introduction The BGU7005 is a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) for Global Positioning Systems (GPS) receiver applications in a plastic leadless 6-pin, extremely small SOT886 package. The BGU7005 requires only one external matching inductor and one external decoupling capacitor. The BGU7005 adapts itself to the changing environment resulting from co-habitation of different radio systems in modern cellular handsets. It is designed for low-power consumption and optimal jamming performance when signals from co-existing cellular transmitters are present. At low jamming power levels, it delivers 16.5 dB gain at a noise figure of 0.9 dB. During high jamming power levels, resulting, for example, from a cellular transmit burst, it temporarily increases its bias current to improve sensitivity. The BGU7005 can be rematched externally to other frequency bands for suit various applications. The evaluation board is tuned to achieve optimal performance in the 900 MHz Industrial, Scientific, Medical (ISM) band. It is suitable for evaluating various applications due to the low current, high gain and low noise figure of the BGU7005. aaa-000744 Fig 1. BGU7005 900 MHz band LNA evaluation board Printed-Circuit Board (PCB) layout 2. General description The BGU7005 LNA evaluation board is optimized to evaluate the performance of the BGU7005 in a 900 MHz ISM band application. This document provides circuit simulations, Agilent Design System (ADS) results, application schematic, board layout, Bill Of Materials (BOM), and typical test results. AN11103 Application note All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev. 1 — 7 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 3 of 12 AN11103 NXP Semiconductors Externally-matched 900 MHz LNA using BGU7005 3. Application circuit simulation 3.1 BGU7005 900 MHz band LNA simulation Assumptions • 50 termination at input and output • Data file for S-parameter and noise at 1.8 V used • 1.8 V supply voltage L1 = 24 nH BGU7005 L2 = 16 nH C1 = 2.4 pF Z = 50 Ω Z = 50 Ω aaa-000745 Fig 2. Application circuit simulation 3.2 BGU7005 900 MHz band LNA simulation result aaa-000746 Fig 3. AN11103 Application note Input and output match All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev. 1 — 7 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 4 of 12 AN11103 NXP Semiconductors Externally-matched 900 MHz LNA using BGU7005 20 s21 (dB) 15 m10 aaa-000747 m12 10 5 0 -5 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6 f (GHz) 2.0 m10 frequency = 900 MHz; s21 = 19.5 dB. m12 frequency = 950 MHz; s21 = 19.338 dB. Fig 4. Gain aaa-000748 6 NF (dB) 4 2 0 0.4 m9 m13 m11 (1) m14 0.8 1.2 1.6 f (GHz) 2.0 m9 frequency = 900 MHz; NF = 1.384. m11 frequency = 950 MHz; NF = 1.454. m13 frequency = 900 MHz; NF = 0.817. m14 frequency = 950 MHz; NF = 0.822. (1) Minimum noise figure. Fig 5. AN11103 Application note Noise figure All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev. 1 — 7 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 5 of 12 AN11103 NXP Semiconductors Externally-matched 900 MHz LNA using BGU7005 aaa-000749 5 stability factor 4 3 2 1 0 0.0 Fig 6. 2.0 4.0 f (GHz) 6.0 Stability 4. Evaluation board The BGU7005 900 MHz band LNA evaluation board simplifies the evaluation of the BGU7005 application. The evaluation board enables device performance testing and requires no additional support circuitry. The board is fully assembled with the BGU7005 IC, including input and output matching for optimum performance. The board is supplied with two SMA connectors for input and output connection to RF test equipment. The BGU7005 is designed to operate at 1.8 V for optimal performance not exceeding 2.85 V. If the evaluation board is to be powered at a different supply voltage such as 3.3 V or 3.7 V, calculate the value of volt-drop resistor R1 and change it accordingly. J2 CON-3PIN VCC = 1.8 V 1 2 3 J1 R1 0Ω CON-2PIN J5 1 L2 20 nH RF-IN 5 3 2 CON-SMA-1 RF-IN C2 1000 pF VCC U1 3 ENABLE 1 2 4 RF-OUT 6 GND 2 GND 1 L3 15 nH 3 J6 C8 2.4 pF 1 2 CON-SMA-1 RF-OUT U1BGU7005 aaa-000750 Fig 7. AN11103 Application note Evaluation board schematic All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev. 1 — 7 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 6 of 12 AN11103 NXP Semiconductors Externally-matched 900 MHz LNA using BGU7005 4.1 Bill of materials (900 MHz band) Table 1. BGU7005 900 MHz band LNA evaluation board BOM Vendor[1] Item Quantity Part reference Part number 1 1 C2 GRM1555C1H102 Murata JA01 1000 pF 2 1 C8 GRM1555C1H2R4 Murata CZ01D 2.4 pF 3 1 J1 90120-0762 Molex CON-2PIN 4 1 J2 90120-0763 Molex CON-3PIN 5 2 J5, J6 901-10110 Amphenol 6 1 L2 0402CS-20NX_LU Coilcraft 20 nH 7 1 L3 0402CS-15NX Coilcraft 15 nH 8 1 R1 CRCW04020000Z 0ED Vishay/Dale 0 9 1 U1 BGU7005 NXP Semiconductors BGU7005 [1] Value CON-SMA-1 Sourcing materials from a different vendor may affect performance. 4.2 Typical evaluation board test results (900 MHz band) aaa-000751 Fig 8. AN11103 Application note S-parameter gain and matching All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev. 1 — 7 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 7 of 12 AN11103 NXP Semiconductors Externally-matched 900 MHz LNA using BGU7005 aaa-000752 Fig 9. P1 dB aaa-000753 Tone spacing = 1 MHz. Fig 10. Linearity (IP3) AN11103 Application note All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev. 1 — 7 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 8 of 12 AN11103 NXP Semiconductors Externally-matched 900 MHz LNA using BGU7005 aaa-000754 Fig 11. Stability (K factor) 4.2.1 Noise figure measurement A 6 dB pad is placed between the noise source and RF input to improve the noise figure measurement accuracy. A network analyzer shows that the 6 dB pad is 5.9 dB at 900 MHz. A network analyzer is used to measure the loss between the connector to the first matching component of the device. The measured return loss is 0.2 dB, therefore a 0.1 dB input loss must be taken into account to get the true noise figure. Overall 6 dB loss at input and 0.1 dB loss at output are subtracted from the noise figure analyzer measurement. AN11103 Application note All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev. 1 — 7 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 9 of 12 AN11103 NXP Semiconductors Externally-matched 900 MHz LNA using BGU7005 aaa-000755 Fig 12. Noise figure 4.2.2 Typical evaluation board test results summary Table 2. AN11103 Application note Typical results measured on the BGU7005 900 MHz band evaluation board Parameter Symbol Value Unit Supply voltage VCC 1.8 V Supply current ICC 4.16 mA Noise figure NF 1.38 dB Power gain GP 18.97 dB Input return loss RLin 16.1 dB Output return loss RLout 12.8 dB Reverse isolation isol(r) 29.1 dB input power at 1 dB gain compression Pi(1dB) 15.52 dBm output power at 1 dB gain compression PL(1dB) 2.61 dBm Input third-order intercept point IP3I 5.0 dBm Output third-order intercept point IP3O 12.39 dBm Rollett stability factor (0 GHz to 26 GHz) K >1 All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. Rev. 1 — 7 December 2011 © NXP B.V. 2011. All rights reserved. 10 of 12 AN11103 NXP Semiconductors Externally-matched 900 MHz LNA using BGU7005 5. 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Contents 1 2 3 3.1 3.2 4 4.1 4.2 4.2.1 4.2.2 5 5.1 5.2 5.3 6 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 General description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Application circuit simulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 BGU7005 900 MHz band LNA simulation . . . . 4 BGU7005 900 MHz band LNA simulation result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Evaluation board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Bill of materials (900 MHz band). . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Typical evaluation board test results (900 MHz band) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Noise figure measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Typical evaluation board test results summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Legal information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Disclaimers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Trademarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Please be aware that important notices concerning this document and the product(s) described herein, have been included in 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: 7 December 2011 Document identifier: AN11103