50 MHz to 1000 MHz
Quadrature Demodulator
AD8348
FEATURES
FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
VREF
IMXO
IOFS
IAIN
IOPP IOPN
Integrated I/Q demodulator with IF VGA amplifier
Operating IF frequency 50 MHz to 1000 MHz
(3 dB IF BW of 500 MHz driven from RS = 200 Ω)
Demodulation bandwidth 75 MHz
Linear-in-decibel AGC range 44 dB
Third-order intercept
14
8
13
6
4
3
BIAS
CELL
VREF
ENBL 15
5
1
VCMO
LOIP
VCMO
DIVIDE
BY 2
IFIP 11
IFIN 10
PHASE
SPLITTER
28
LOIN
IIP3 +28 dBm @ minimum gain (FIF = 380 MHz)
IIP3 −8 dBm @ maximum gain (FIF = 380 MHz)
Quadrature demodulation accuracy
Phase accuracy 0.5°
Amplitude balance 0.25 dB
Noise figure 11 dB @ maximum gain (FIF = 380 MHz)
LO input −10 dBm
AD8348
GAIN
CONTROL
VGIN 17
VCMO
25
26
23
18
19
24
21
16
MXIP MXIN ENVG
QXMO
QOFS
QAIN
QOPP QOPN
Figure 1.
Single supply 2.7 V to 5.5 V
Power-down mode
Compact, 28-lead TSSOP package
APPLICATIONS
QAM/QPSK demodulator
W-CDMA/CDMA/GSM/NADC
Wireless local loop
LMDS
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The AD8348 is a broadband quadrature demodulator with an
integrated intermediate frequency (IF), variable gain amplifier
(VGA), and integrated baseband amplifiers. It is suitable for use in
communications receivers, performing quadrature demodulation
from IF directly to baseband frequencies. The baseband amplifiers
are designed to interface directly with dual-channel ADCs, such
as the AD9201, AD9283, and AD9218, for digitizing and post-
processing.
Separate I- and Q-channel baseband amplifiers follow the baseband
outputs of the mixers. The voltage applied to the VCMO pin sets
the dc common-mode voltage level at the baseband outputs.
Typically, VCMO is connected to the internal VREF voltage, but
it can also be connected to an external voltage. This flexibility
allows the user to maximize the input dynamic range to the ADC.
Connecting a bypass capacitor at each offset compensation input
(IOFS and QOFS) nulls dc offsets produced in the mixer. Offset
compensation can be overridden by applying an external voltage
at the offset compensation inputs.
The IF input signal is fed into two Gilbert cell mixers through
an X-AMP® VGA. The IF VGA provides 44 dB of gain control.
A precision gain control circuit sets a linear-in-decibel gain char-
acteristic for the VGA and provides temperature compensation.
The LO quadrature phase splitter employs a divide-by-2 frequency
divider to achieve high quadrature accuracy and amplitude balance
over the entire operating frequency range.
The mixers’ outputs are brought off-chip for optional filtering
before final amplification. Inserting a channel selection filter
before each baseband amplifier increases the baseband amplifiers’
signal handling range by reducing the amplitude of high level,
out-of-channel interferers before the baseband signal is fed into
the I/Q baseband amplifiers. The single-ended mixer output is
amplified and converted to a differential signal for driving ADCs.
Optionally, the IF VGA can be disabled and bypassed. In this
mode, the IF signal is applied directly to the quadrature mixer
inputs via the MXIP and MXIN pins.
Rev. A
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