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An N-Path Filter Design Methodology With Harmonic Rejection, Power Reduction, Foldback Elimination, and Spectrum Shaping

Karami, Poorya ; Banaeikashani, Amirali ; Behmanesh, Baktash LU orcid and Atarodi, Seyed Mojtaba (2020) In IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers
Abstract

In this paper, an adaptive design methodology for synthesizing a harmonic free N-path filter with reduced frequency folding is presented. System level analysis of proposed architecture shows that by adding a few extra paths with proper weights to a conventional N-path filter, several characteristics such as harmonic rejection, power reduction, foldback elimination and spectrum shaping can be achieved. The designed filter is reconfigurable to be a band-pass filter (BPF) or a band-reject filter (notch), based on the requirements. By using the nth harmonic of Local Oscillator (LO) signal, instead of the fundamental harmonic, the required input clock frequency in N-phase clock generator is reduced by a factor of n. As a proof of concept, a... (More)

In this paper, an adaptive design methodology for synthesizing a harmonic free N-path filter with reduced frequency folding is presented. System level analysis of proposed architecture shows that by adding a few extra paths with proper weights to a conventional N-path filter, several characteristics such as harmonic rejection, power reduction, foldback elimination and spectrum shaping can be achieved. The designed filter is reconfigurable to be a band-pass filter (BPF) or a band-reject filter (notch), based on the requirements. By using the nth harmonic of Local Oscillator (LO) signal, instead of the fundamental harmonic, the required input clock frequency in N-phase clock generator is reduced by a factor of n. As a proof of concept, a 0.1-5 GHz RF filter with 75 dB and 82 dB harmonic rejection at 3rd and 5th order harmonics respectively is analyzed and simulated using MATLAB and Cadence Spectre-RF. Post-layout simulations are performed using CMOS 180 nm technology with 1.8 V supply voltage. The total power consumption of the chip is less than 8.5 mW while occupying a silicon area of 0.2 mm². Furthermore, Noise Figure (NF) of the circuit is shown to be between 3.5 and 4.7 dB and its out-of-band IIP3 is +6 dBm.

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Band-pass filter, Band-pass filters, Baseband, Clocks, CMOS, cognitive radio, frequency folding, Generators, Harmonic analysis, harmonic free, high-Q, N-path filter, power consumption, Power harmonic filters, software defined radio (SDR), tunable filter.
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IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers
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IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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1549-8328
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10.1109/TCSI.2020.3009191
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  keywords     = {{Band-pass filter; Band-pass filters; Baseband; Clocks; CMOS; cognitive radio; frequency folding; Generators; Harmonic analysis; harmonic free; high-Q; N-path filter; power consumption; Power harmonic filters; software defined radio (SDR); tunable filter.}},
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  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  series       = {{IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers}},
  title        = {{An N-Path Filter Design Methodology With Harmonic Rejection, Power Reduction, Foldback Elimination, and Spectrum Shaping}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2020.3009191}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/TCSI.2020.3009191}},
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