A direct-conversion receiver for DVB-H

Abstract

A 240mW direct-conversion DVB-H receiver in a 0.35 /spl mu/m BiCMOS process is presented. The receiver covers UHF bands IV and V, and exhibits a nominal 80dB gain, 8.5dB NF, and 8.5dBm IIP3. The IC includes an LNA, dual quadrature mixers, baseband filtering, three 4/spl times/ VCO, an integer PLL, and a reference oscillator.