An 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN Transceiver for 2x2 MIMO and simultaneous dual band operation with +29 dBm Psat integrated power amplifiers
This paper describes the first dual band MIMO 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN RF transceiver capable of simultaneous dual band operation. The measured receiver sensitivity of 2 GHz at 54 Mbps is 78.3 dBm and of 5 GHz for VHT80 is 66 dBm. The 802.11ac 2x2 MIMO 20 MHz MCS0 2 GHz and 5 GHz receiver sensitivity levels are 96 dBm and 95.5 dBm respectively. Integrated power amplifiers with Psat of +29 dBm enable the 2 GHz transmitters to achieve TX output power of +23.5 dBm at 54 Mbps 64 QAM. The 5 GHz transmitters achieve +17 dBm output for VHT80 256 QAM. This WLAN BT connectivity SoC is implemented in 40 nm CMOS technology.
ESSCIRC Conference 2016: 42nd European Solid State Circuits Conference