Signal Chain μModule Products

Todd Nelson
Design Manager
Signal Chain
Modules
tnelson@linear.com
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Trends in Base Station Deployment

• Macrocell Towers
• Smaller – Lower Property Rental Costs
• Lower Power – Lower Electricity Costs
• Remote Radio Heads

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Introducing Fully Integrated µModule Receivers

Direct Conversion IF-Sampling

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LTM9004 – Direct Conversion Receiver

OVDD
0.5V to 3.6V

I
ADC
0
LNA CLKOUT
ADC CLK
MUX
90 OF
ADC
Q
OGND

Offset Adjust

LO GND

• Dual 14-bit, 125Msps ADC (lower rates available)

• 0.8GHz to 2.7GHz RF Input Range
• 50Ω Single-Ended RF & LO Inputs
• 15mm x 22mm LGA

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LTM9004–AA

• Key Parameters:
• RF input @ -1dBFS: -7.2 dBm @ 1950 MHz
• Gain flatness: 0.15 dB
(DC to 1.92 MHz)
• Group delay flatness: 10 nsec
(DC to 1.92 MHz)
• Channel imbalance: 0.15 dB
• Channel quadrature error: 0.6˚
• Passband noise floor: -148.4dBm/Hz
• IIP2, 2 tone: +50dBm
• IIP3, 2 tone: +21.7dBm
• ACPR, 1 ch WCDMA: -62.5dBc
(@ -1dBFS )
• AltCPR, 1 ch WCDMA: -73.5dBc
(@ -1dBFS)
• Nearly Identical Numbers for –AB, –AC, –AD

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LTM9004 Options

• LTM9004-AA 1.92MHz low-pass filter cut-off

• LTM9004-AB 4.42MHz low-pass filter cut-off
• LTM9004-AC 9.42MHz low-pass filter cut-off
• LTM9004-AD 20MHz low-pass filter cut-off
IF Frequency Response, LTM9004
0 dB
AA version

-5 dB AB version
AC version
-10 dB AD version

-15 dB

-20 dB

-25 dB

-30 dB

-35 dB

-40 dB
0.1 1 10 100 1000
IF Frequency

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LTM9005 – IF-Sampling Receiver

VCC1 VCC2 V DD OVDD

RF ADC
Input
SAW

LO Gain ADC
Input Control CLK

• 14-Bit 125Msps ADC

• 400MHz to 3.8GHz RF Input Range
• Two Low Noise SiGe Gain Stages
• VGA/AGC Continuous 20dB Range
• 140MHz Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) IF Filter
• 15mm x 22mm LGA
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LTM9005–AA

• Key Parameters:
• RF input @ -1dBFS: -19dBm @ 1950 MHz
• Gain flatness: 0.5 dB
(over 14 MHz)
• 1 dB bandwidth: 15 MHz
• Passband noise floor: -158.5 dBm/Hz
• 2RF x 2LO product: -70 dBc
(@ -19 dBm)
• 3RF x 3LO product: -93 dBc
(@ -19 dBm)

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LTM9005–AB

• Key Parameters:
• RF input @ -1dBFS: -19dBm @ 1.95GHz
• Gain flatness: 0.5 dB
(over 20 MHz)
• 1 dB bandwidth: 20 MHz
• Passband noise floor: -158.5 dBm/Hz
• 2RF x 2LO product: -70 dBc
(@ -19 dBm)
• 3RF x 3LO product: -93 dBc
(@ -19 dBm)

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Leading the Way in Integration

RX Receiver TX-DPD Receiver

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