A direct conversion CMOS transceiver for IEEE 802.11a WLANs

Abstract

A 0.18μm CMOS transceiver fully compliant with IEEE 802.11a in the U-NII band (5.15 - 5.35GHz) achieves a sensitivity of -69dBm and an EVM of -29.3dB for 64 QAM. Power dissipation is 171 mW in RX and 138mW in TX using a 1.8V supply.