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Wideband RF Ics For Power Detection and Control - : James Wong and Vladimir Dvorkin
Wideband RF Ics For Power Detection and Control - : James Wong and Vladimir Dvorkin
Wideband RF Ics For Power Detection and Control - : James Wong and Vladimir Dvorkin
placed as close as possible to the antenna without forming Figure 1. A Dual-Band Mobile Phone Transmit Power
a “T” connection on the microstrip line and immediately Control Using a Resistive Tap
VOUT (V)
1.4
noise amplifier) and an input BPF (bandpass filter). The 1.2
LNA can be a general purpose, low cost gain block that 1.0
0.8
provides fixed gain at the operating frequency of inter-
0.6
est. The added gain increases sensitivity and extends 0.4
the detection range. A lowpass or bandpass filter at the 0.2
detector output provides additional receiver selectivity, 0
–20 –16 –12 –8 –4 0 4 8
if needed. The RSSI (receive signal strength indicator)
RF INPUT POWER (dBm)
DC-coupled output provides signal strength information DN335 F03
using a lowpass filter (R2 and C5) to filter out the modula-
Figure 3. LTC5532 Typical Detector Transfer
tion components. Characteristics at 12GHz Frequency
ANTENNA
RF BPF LNA C1
VCC
R1 LTC5507
C4 C2
VCC SHDN RFIN
GND PCAP
VOUT VCC
C3 FILTER
DATA
R2 OUTPUT
RSSI OUTPUT
C5
DN335 F02