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Description

This project entailed custom-tuning to modify the FM/cellular/PCS mixers all to a common 85MHz IF. This was required because of access to low-cost IF SAW filters. A compromise in _-IF performance at the PCS band resulted, because the RF receive-image filter and the duplexer didn't provide sufficient band-edge rejection. Nonetheless, the design proved surprisingly robust because of the high IP2 of the digital PCS mixer.

The MAX2320 low-noise amplifier (LNA) plus mixer is designed for dual-band CDMA cellular-phone handsets, but it can also be used in dual-band TDMA, GSM, EDGE, or WCDMA applications. It offers two LNA gain states to meet the required CDMA dynamic range, with a switchover hysteresis margin. There are three mixers: one for the analog cellular path and two for the digital modulation paths at the cellular and PCS bands. The digital path mixers have a common IF output, as they can provide sufficient spurious and image rejection with a single IF. This capability eliminates one IF filter. The MAX2320 has separate cellular-band and PCS-band buffered VCO inputs and outputs, eliminating the need for extra transmit upconverter VCO buffers.

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