The document outlines the presentation for an ECE senior design team working on an Ultra Wide Band communication system. It describes the problem of enabling high data rate 4G networks and provides an overview of the team's solutions including designs for a base station with a digital receiver/transmitter board and local oscillator/phase board. Evaluation results are presented for the power amplifier, low noise amplifier, buffer amplifier, baluns, power divider and local oscillator/phase board.

1. Members: Chris Hinton Paul Miranda Vaibhav Mistry Team: ECE-24 Advisor: Dr. Daryoush

4. Receiving Antenna Transmitting Antenna DSP Receiver Board Receiver Board Receiver Board Receiver Board Transmitter Board Transmitter Board Transmitter Board Transmitter Board Figure 2 &3. 4x4 MIMO Antennas developed in 2002 under Dr. Daryoush

5. Power Combiner Power Divider Back of Receiving Antenna Back of Transmitting Antenna DSP Receiver Board Receiver Board Receiver Board Receiver Board Transmitter Board Transmitter Board Transmitter Board Transmitter Board Figure 3 & 4. Back of 4x4 MIMO Antennas

6. Receiver Block Diagram Band Pass Filter Balanced Power Divider Stable Local Oscillator & Polyphase Circuit Low Pass Filter Low Pass Filter I Channel Q Channel V180 V0 V-90 V90 ECE -24 Differential Gilbert Cell Mixer Differential Gilbert Cell Mixer One 2x2 Sub Array Antenna Low Noise Amplifier Buffer Amplifier Buffer Amplifier ECE -24 ECE -24 FPGA Analog to Digital Convertor Analog to Digital Convertor Separate ‘Receiver Board’ Separate ‘Local Oscillator Polyphase Board’

7. Transmitter Block Diagram Balanced Power Combiner Stable Local Oscillator & Polyphase Circuit FPGA Digital to Analog Convertor Digital to Analog Convertor Low Pass Filter Low Pass Filter Separate ‘Transmitter Board’ Separate ‘Local Oscillator Polyphase Board’ I Channel Q Channel V180 V0 V-90 V90 ECE -24 Differential Gilbert Cell Mixer Differential Gilbert Cell Mixer One 2x2 Sub Array Antenna Band Pass Filter Buffer Amplifier Buffer Amplifier ECE -24 ECE -24 ECE -24 Power Amplifier

8. Transmitter Block Diagram Balanced Power Combiner Stable Local Oscillator & Polyphase Circuit FPGA Digital to Analog Convertor Digital to Analog Convertor Low Pass Filter Low Pass Filter Separate ‘Transmitter Board’ Separate ‘Local Oscillator Polyphase Board’ I Channel Q Channel V180 V0 V-90 V90 ECE -24 Differential Gilbert Cell Mixer Differential Gilbert Cell Mixer One 2x2 Sub Array Antenna Band Pass Filter Buffer Amplifier Buffer Amplifier ECE -24 ECE -24 ECE -24 Power Amplifier

10. AWT6283R from Anadigics Figure 9. Power Amplifier Evaluation Board provided by Anadigics Figure 11. Power Amplifier Prototype Board Figure 12. Power Amplifier Heatsink Figure 10. Power Amplifier Prototype Layout

11. Power Amplifier: Results Table 4: Comparison between AWT6283R Evaluation Board and Prototype Board Figure 13: P1 dB of Evaluation and Prototype Board Parameter AWT6283R (Evaluation Board) AWT6283R(Prototype Board) Output Power(W) 1.5 W 1.5 W Gain (dB) 30 dB 30 dB P1dB (dBm) 31 dBm 30 dBm IP3 (dBm) 16.7 dBm 16.05 dBm

12. Power Amplifier : Results Figure 14: Gain of Prototype Board with 20 dB attenuator and reference signal of -15 dBm Figure 15: Gain of Evaluation Board

13. Figure 17. Intermodulation Distortion of Prototype Board Figure 16. Intermodulation Distortion of Evaluation Board

14. Receiver Block Diagram Band Pass Filter Balanced Power Divider Stable Local Oscillator & Polyphase Circuit Low Pass Filter Low Pass Filter I Channel Q Channel V180 V0 V-90 V90 ECE -24 Differential Gilbert Cell Mixer Differential Gilbert Cell Mixer One 2x2 Sub Array Antenna Low Noise Amplifier Buffer Amplifier Buffer Amplifier ECE -24 ECE -24 FPGA Analog to Digital Convertor Analog to Digital Convertor Separate ‘Receiver Board’ Separate ‘Local Oscillator Polyphase Board’

16. Low Noise Amplifier: Evaluation Board vs. Prototype Module Figure 41. LNA Evaluation Board provided by RFMD Figure 42. LNA Prototype Board Figure 43. LNA Prototype Layout

17. Low Noise Amplifier : Results Table 10: Comparison of Evaluation and Prototype Board Figure 44: P1 dB of Evaluation Board Parameter Evaluation Board Prototype Board Gain (dB) 20 dB 20 dB IP3 (dBm) 16.9 dBm 16.75 dBm Noise Figure (dB) 0.8 dB 1.1 dB

18. Figure 45: S21 (Gain) of Prototype Board with -35 dBm of Reference Signal Figure 46: S Parameters of Evaluation Board

19. Low Noise Amplifier Results Figure 47: Intermodulation Distortion of Evaluation Board Figure 48: Intermodulation Distortion of Prototype Board

20. Receiver Block Diagram Band Pass Filter Balanced Power Divider Stable Local Oscillator & Polyphase Circuit Low Pass Filter Low Pass Filter I Channel Q Channel V180 V0 V-90 V90 ECE -24 Differential Gilbert Cell Mixer Differential Gilbert Cell Mixer One 2x2 Sub Array Antenna Low Noise Amplifier Buffer Amplifier Buffer Amplifier ECE -24 ECE -24 FPGA Analog to Digital Convertor Analog to Digital Convertor Separate ‘Receiver Board’ Separate ‘Local Oscillator Polyphase Board’

22. THS4513 from Texas Instrument Figure B1. Differential Buffer Amplifier Schematic Figure B3. Buffer Amplifier Module Layout Figure B2. Buffer Amplifier Prototype Module

23. Figure 50. Buffer Amplifier Simulation Results for Gain and Group Delay

24. Figure 51. Buffer Amp. Voltage Gain vs. Frequency

25. Buffer Amplifier Results Figure 52: Output Waveform of Buffer Amplifier Figure 53: Test Setup of Buffer Amplifier

26. Receiver Block Diagram Band Pass Filter Balanced Power Divider Stable Local Oscillator & Polyphase Circuit Low Pass Filter Low Pass Filter I Channel Q Channel V180 V0 V-90 V90 ECE -24 Differential Gilbert Cell Mixer Differential Gilbert Cell Mixer One 2x2 Sub Array Antenna Low Noise Amplifier Buffer Amplifier Buffer Amplifier ECE -24 ECE -24 FPGA Analog to Digital Convertor Analog to Digital Convertor Separate ‘Receiver Board’ Separate ‘Local Oscillator Polyphase Board’

27. Local Oscillator Polyphase Board Block Diagram Power Amplifier V0 V180 Differential Polyphase Shifter V0 V90 V-90 V180 V0 Balun Balun V180 Balun Balun Balun V-90 V0 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun Local Oscillator V90 V180 V-90 V90 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun V90 V-90 V0 V180 V90 V-90 V0 V180 V-90 V90 V180 V0 V-90 V90 V180 V0 V180 V0 V90 V-90 V180 V0 V90 V-90 Vo V180 V-90 V90 Vo V180 V-90 V90

28. Figure 18. Broken Polyphase Alumina Board Figure 19. Polyphase IC developed under Dr. Daryoush in 2004 Figure 20. Polyphase IC epoxied on Leadless Chip Carrier

29. Figure 30. Polyphase Prototype Module Layout Figure 31. Polyphase Prototype Module Circuit

30. Figure 33. Polyphase Prototype Module Results Insertion Loss Magnitude (dB) & Phase (degree) Figure 32. Polyphase Prototype Module Testing Legend: V0 - yellow V90 - blue V180 - red V270 - black

31. Local Oscillator Polyphase Board Block Diagram Power Amplifier V0 V180 Differential Polyphase Shifter V0 V90 V-90 V180 V0 Balun Balun V180 Balun Balun Balun V-90 V0 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun Local Oscillator V90 V180 V-90 V90 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun V90 V-90 V0 V180 V90 V-90 V0 V180 V-90 V90 V180 V0 V-90 V90 V180 V0 V180 V0 V90 V-90 V180 V0 V90 V-90 Vo V180 V-90 V90 Vo V180 V-90 V90

32. Figure 34. Balun Module Layout Figure 35. Balun Module Board P/N 3600BL14M100 from Johanson Technology

33. Table 7. Balun Data Sheet Table 8. Balun Prototype Data Figure 36 and 37. Insertion Loss and Phase Difference Respectively Balun Frequency (GHz) 3.158 3.258 3.358 3.458 3.558 3.658 Insertion Loss (dB) J1-J2 3.4 3.7 4.2 4.3 4.7 4.5 J1-J3 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.3 Return Loss (dB) J1-J2 12.9 14.5 17.2 19.1 18.2 17.6 J1-J3 13.8 15.3 21.3 22.1 23.6 20.5 Phase Change(deg) J1-J2 (ref) J1-J3 171.4 171.9 172.7 177.4 178.4 179.8 Frequency (MHz) 3300~3900 Unbalanced Impedence 50 Ω Differential Balanced Impedance 100 Ω Insertion Loss 1.2 dB Max Return Loss 9.5 dB min Phase Difference 180° ± 15 Amplitude Difference 1.5 dB max.

34. Local Oscillator Polyphase Board Block Diagram Power Amplifier V0 V180 Differential Polyphase Shifter V0 V90 V-90 V180 V0 Balun Balun V180 Balun Balun Balun V-90 V0 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun Local Oscillator V90 V180 V-90 V90 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun V90 V-90 V0 V180 V90 V-90 V0 V180 V-90 V90 V180 V0 V-90 V90 V180 V0 V180 V0 V90 V-90 V180 V0 V90 V-90 Vo V180 V-90 V90 Vo V180 V-90 V90

35. Figure 38. 1 by 2 Power Divider Module Layout Figure 39. 1 by 2 Power Divider Module Board P/N: SCN-2-35+ from Mini-Circuits

36. Table 8. Power Divider Prototype Data Results Table 9. Power Divider Datasheet Figure 39. Power Divider Insertion Loss in dB Power Divider Frequency (GHz) 3.158 3.258 3.358 3.458 3.558 3.658 Insertion Loss (dB) J1-J2 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 J1-J3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 Return Loss (dB) J1-J2 15.3 14.9 14.1 13.7 13.2 12.8 J1-J3 15.3 14.9 14.1 13.7 13.2 12.8 Phase Change(deg) J1-J2 (ref) J1-J3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 Frequency (MHz) 3100 3200 3300 3450 3500 3550 3575 3600 3625 3650 Insertion Loss (dB) J1-J2 3.51 3.5 3.5 3.54 3.57 3.6 3.62 3.63 3.65 3.66 J1-J3 3.46 3.45 3.46 3.51 3.53 3.55 3.57 3.58 3.6 3.62 Amplitude Unbalance (dB) 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 Isolation (dB) 18.47 20.26 22.71 27.85 29.97 31.81 32.2 32.06 31.43 30.5 Return Loss (dB) 21.86 26.24 30.1 21.98 20.75 19.7 19.31 18.95 18.61 18.26

37. Local Oscillator Polyphase Board Block Diagram Power Amplifier V0 V180 Differential Polyphase Shifter V0 V90 V-90 V180 V0 Balun Balun V180 Balun Balun Balun V-90 V0 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun Local Oscillator V90 V180 V-90 V90 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun V90 V-90 V0 V180 V90 V-90 V0 V180 V-90 V90 V180 V0 V-90 V90 V180 V0 V180 V0 V90 V-90 V180 V0 V90 V-90 Vo V180 V-90 V90 Vo V180 V-90 V90

38. Figure 5. Local Oscillator Prototype Layout Figure 7. Local Oscillator Prototype Circuit Figure 6. Evaluation Board Supplied by Synergy Microwave Synergy Microwave P/N: FSW200400-100

39. Table 1. Local Oscillator Prototype Board Full Characterization Figure 8. Local Oscillator Output Power Phase Noise, dBc/Hz @ 3.25 GHz @ 1 kHz offset @ 10 kHz offset @ 100 kHz offset Data Sheet -85 dBc/Hz -85 dBc/Hz -110 dBc/Hz Evaluation Board -100 dBc/Hz -110 dBc/Hz -110 dBc/Hz Prototype Module -88 dBc/Hz -90 dBc/Hz -112 dBc/Hz Output Frequency, GHz Output Power, dBm Spurious Suppresion, dBc Harmonic Suppression, dBc Phase Noise with offset of, dBc/Hz 30 Hz 90 Hz 100 Hz 500 Hz 1 kHz 10 kHz 100 kHz 3.158 0 -72 -12 86 -90 -87 -88 -90 -88 -113 3.258 0 -71 -13 -82 -84 -86 -84 -88 -90 -112 3.358 0 -70 -11 -86 -87 -91 -82 -87 -87 -111 3.458 0 -71 -10 -85 -83 -87 -81 -91 -90 -114 3.558 -2 -70 -11 -85 -84 -87 -85 -93 -102 -110 3.658 -1 -70 -11 -85 -88 -90 -90 -95 -91 -111

40. Local Oscillator Polyphase Board Block Diagram Power Amplifier V0 V180 Differential Polyphase Shifter V0 V90 V-90 V180 V0 Balun Balun V180 Balun Balun Balun V-90 V0 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun Local Oscillator V90 V180 V-90 V90 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun 1:2 Extra 90° of T-Line Balun Balun V90 V-90 V0 V180 V90 V-90 V0 V180 V-90 V90 V180 V0 V-90 V90 V180 V0 V180 V0 V90 V-90 V180 V0 V90 V-90 Vo V180 V-90 V90 Vo V180 V-90 V90

41. Figure 54. LOPP Board Layout in ADS

42. Figure 55. LOPP Board Circuit in ADS

43. Figure 56. Test Setup for LOPP Board

44. Table 12. Industrial Budget. Cost Per Unit Units Total People Design Engineers (3) $5,000/month 9 months $135,000 Employee Fringe Benefits 30% of salary 9 months $40,500 Consultants (2) $12,000/month 7 months $168,000 Technician (1) $50/hours 20 hours $1,000 Metal Shop Technician (1) $50/hours 14 hours $700 Anechoic Chamber $150/hours 8 hours $1,200 Circuits Total Chip purchases $2,000/reel 10 $20,000 Hybrid Circuits (wire-bonding) $5,000/board 9 $45,000 Testing Vector Network Analyzer $39,900 2 $79,800 Network Analyzer Calibration Kit $3,000 2 $6,000 Spectrum Analyzer $57,000 1 $57,000 Digital Oscilloscope $45,000 1 $45,000 RF Power Meter $4,000 1 $4,000 DC Power Supply $800 1 $800 Signal Generator $35,000 2 $70,000 Multi-meter $500 2 $1,000 Fabrication LPKF Machine w/Circuit CAM & Board Master $12,000 1 $12,000 LPKF Machine Bits Set $1,000/set 1 set $1,000 Soldering Station $500 2 $1,000 Soldering Accessories $100 2 $200 Industrial Hot Plate $160 1 $160 Microscope $4,000 2 $8,000 Manual Knee Mill service $10,000 1 $10,000 Drill Press $5,000 1 $5,000 Band saw $3,000 1 $3,000 Machine shop service $52/hours 14 hours $728 Software Agilent ADS $9,000/license 1 license $9,000 MATLAB $500/license 1 license $500 PCs with Microsoft Office $1,000/computer 3 $3,000 Total $728,558 Overhead (110%) $801,414 Final Total $1,529,972

45. Table 13. To Date Out of Pocket Budget Table 14. Original Proposed Out of Pocket Budget in PQF Expense Cost Per Unit Units Total Circuit Samples $0/sample 60 samples $0.00 Gas to Advanced Control Components, INC. $0.58/miles (159 mi/trip) * (5 trips) $461.10 Leadless Chip Carriers $13.3/unit 15 $232.00 Shipping for Johanson Technology Baluns $1.71 45 $26.30 Hardware for PCBs $1.47 60 $88.34 25 Pin Female DSUB Connector $2.99 2 $5.98 Subtotal $813.70 ECE Department Refund -$232 Final Total $581.72 Expense Cost Per Unit Units Total Circuits $0/sample 60ish samples $0.00 Gas to Hybrid Tech $0.58/miles 110 mi/trip $63.00/trip Final Total $63.00/trip

46. Table 15. Gantt Chart and Teamwork Division ECE-24 Senior Design Gantt Chart Finish September October November December January February March Arpril May 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Project Qualification Form 10/22/2008 Proposal 11/21/2008 Oral Proposal 12/06/2009 Executive Summary 02/25/2009 Progress Report 03/04/2009 Oral Progress Report 03/09/2009 Abstract 04/15/2009 Final Report 05/13/2009 Oral Final Report 05/18/2009 Paul Miranda Local Oscillator 05/01/2009 Layout Design 03/09/2009 Layout Fabrication 03/24/2009 Protype Test 05/05/2009 Chris Hinton Polyphase Shifter 05/11/2009 Layout Design 03/09/2009 Layout Fabrication 03/24/2009 Protype Test 05/11/2009 Balun Circuit 05/11/2009 Layout Design 03/09/2009 Layout Fabrication 03/24/2009 Protype Test 05/11/2009 Power Divider Circuit 05/11/2009 Layout Design 03/09/2009 Layout Fabrication 03/24/2009 Protype Test 05/11/2009 Vaibhav Mistry Low Noise Amplifier 05/12/2009 Layout Design 03/03/2009 Layout Fabrication 03/25/2009 Protype Test Power Amplifier 05/12/2009 Layout Design 03/20/2009 Layout Fabrication 03/25/2009 Protype Test 05/05/2009 Buffer Amplifier 05/12/2009 Layout Design 03/01/2009 Layout Fabrication 03/25/2009 Protype Test 05/12/2009 All Local Oscillator & Polyphase Board 05/12/2009 Layout Design 05/06/2009 Layout Fabrication 05/06/2009 Full System Test 05/12/2009 Receiver & Transmitter Boards 05/12/2009 Layout Design 05/06/2009 Layout Fabrication 05/06/2009 Full System Test 05/12/2009 In Progress Done

47. Table 16. Summary of Deliverables Deliverable Status Local Oscillator and Poly Phase Board Local Oscillator Delivered Power Amplifier Delivered Poly-phase Circuit Delivered Power Divider Delivered Balun Delivered System Integration Still in Test Transmitter Board Power Amplifier Delivered Buffer Amplifier Delivered Balanced Power Combiner Delivered Receiver Board Low Noise Amplifer Delivered Buffer Amplifier Delivered Balanced Power Divider Delivered

49. For Conducting Wire Bonding and Special Assembly For Providing Free Samples

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