THIS SBIR PROJECT PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A RF RECEIVER FRONT END BASED ON CMOS-MEMS COMPONENTS FOR MINIATURIZE…

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THIS SBIR PROJECT PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A RF RECEIVER FRONT END BASED ON CMOS-MEMS COMPONENTS FOR MINIATURIZED DIGITAL EVA RADIO APPLICATIONS. IN PHASE I, WE HAVE PROVEN THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING A COMPACT, LOW POWER AND HIGH PERFORMANCE S BAND RECEIVER FRONT END BASED ON CMOS- MEMS COMPONENTS. SPECIFICALLY, WE CONDUCTED LINK BUDGET ANALYSIS TO DEFINE THE RADIO REQUIREMENTS FOR DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING LOW DATA RATE VOICE, DATA/TELEMETRY AND HIGH DATA RATE, HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO TRANSCEIVING. WE ALSO IDENTIFIED AND OPTIMIZED THE RECEIVER FRONT END ARCHITECTURE (I.E. A LOW-IF ARCHITECTURE), AND ANALYZED ITS ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE BASED ON KNOWN PROPERTIES OF INDIVIDUAL CMOS- MEMS COMPONENTS. FINALLY, WE FABRICATED TWO KEY COMPONENTS, A HIGH QUALITY FACTOR MEMS BAND PASS FILTER AND A MIXER-FILTER, AND VALIDATED THEIR PERFORMANCES. PHASE II WILL BE FOCUSING ON PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS OF INDIVIDUAL DEVICE AND THE WHOLE RECEIVER FRONT END. WE WILL ALSO IMPLEMENT A FULLY INTEGRATED RECEIVER BASED ON THE RADIO- ON- A-CHIP SOLUTION, AND CHARACTERIZE ITS PERFORMANCE.