How to cope with the challenges TD-SCDMA poses to the RF subsystem Printable version - How to cope with the challenges TD-SCDMA poses to the RF subsystem Page, 1/5 Technical Article To print this article, select \"File\" and then \"Print\" from your browser menu. How to cope with the challenges TD-SCDMA poses to the RF subsystem Online time: June 19, 2006 In the 3G standard, TD-SCDMA has achieved advantages such as high spectrum efficiency, support for asymmetric data services, and high system cost performance with its many innovative technical features such as smart antennas, joint detection, and uplink synchronization. At the same time, it also brings design challenges different from other 3G systems to R&D engineers. Specifically in the design of the RF subsystem (as shown in Figure 1), the time slot control of the signal, the deterioration of multi-carrier linearity, the efficiency limit of the whole machine, and the gain balance of multiple channels all need to be carefully considered. For different modules with special technical requirements in the TD-SCDMA RF subsystem, the following will discuss in detail their design difficulties and solutions. Select switch TD-SCDMA must use switch control because it works in time division duplex (TDD) mode. At the same time, considering the reduction of energy consumption, heat dissipation and the size of the RF unit, the transmitter is also required to perform power control. For low-power devices, the power switch control mode can be used; for high-power devices, bias control can be considered. Figure 1: Block diagram of TD-SCDMA RF subsystem. Although switches are a must in TD-SCDMA systems. However, the problem that has long troubled RF engineers is that it is difficult to select switch devices with sufficient power tolerance, and the switch components are too expensive. We can consider two solutions. For TD-SCDMA base stations with low power output, some recently launched high-power single switches can be considered, such as the MASWSS0006 of M/A-COM under Tyco. Its 0.1dB compression power can reach 39dBm, insertion loss is 0.4dB, and switching time is less than 40ns. It uses SOT-26 packaging, which is very suitable for TD-SCDMA applications. For TD-SCDMA base stations with high power output, due to the peak-to-average ratio, the probability of peaks higher than 10W increases, and switches with a tolerance power of 40dBm are difficult to ensure their own safety and can only be abandoned. We can consider using a circulator with a higher power tolerance to isolate the transmit and receive channels, and then use a common monolithic switch to improve the isolation...
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