PUBLIC

CELINO CHEN

18, MAY, 2017

KEY APPLICATIONS FOR SAS

MULTIMARKET PRODUCTS

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Scope

BL SAS Introduction

QUBIC Technology and value proposition

SAS Products for Multimarket

Wide band transistors (WBT)

PIN Diodes

General purpose MMIC

Key Applications

WLAN AP/Router

Automotive

DVB, LNB, STB

IoT

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Focus Markets and Applications

GPS LNA

LTE LNA

WLAN LNA

WLAN FEIC

WLAN LNA-Switch

Cellular Base Stations

Set-Top-Box (DOCSIS)

Satellite DBS/VSAT

Access Point/Routers

Multimarket

Industrial/ISM

Broadband (Legacy)

Aerospace & Defence

Basestation LNA

Small Cells MPA

STB/DOCSIS LNA

Satellite LNA/MPA

Satellite RFIC (MO)

Car-2-x LNA/MPA

Mobile Internet

Everywhere

Multimarket &

Legacy

RF Discretes

ISM LNA

TV Tuning (Legacy)

Smartphones

Tablets

Wearables

Focus

Applications

BL SAS

Products and

Solutions

LNA = Low Noise Amplifier

MPA = Medium Power Amplifier

FEIC = Front End IC (LNA+Power Amplifier+Switch)

ISM = Industrial, Scientific and Medical

Market

Segment

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The BL Smart Antenna Solution Advantage A Technology Driven Component Play through Full Vertical Integration

• High Performance RF

Amplifiers

• End-to-End Solution

optimization

• Global RF Competence

Centers

• Local Applications and

Engineering Support

• Specialist RF Sales Team

• World Class

Manufacturing Capability

• Own Dual Sourced 8” fabs

• RF optimized assembly

and test

• Advanced RF packaging

• Scale and Quality, giving

tightest performance

distribution

• Leading Edge QUBIC SiGe:C

BiCMOS technology

• Low noise, RF switching and

high power capability uniquely

available in a single process

(monolithic die)

• In-house technology

development and optimization

Manufacturing Solutions Technology

Complete vertical integration leveraging >60B pcs annual production scale offers

the highest performance and quality with lowest cost of ownership

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NXP has >15 years of strong experience in QUBiC SiGe process, device

and circuit engineering

High performance “QUBIC” SiGe(C) process that replaces GaAs in targeted

applications

Allows higher integration level (e.g. VGA interfaces, features like bias

setting, on/off) Analog and Digital circuits

Improved thermal performance (smaller footprint, size, reliability)

Most robust/reliable (Active ESD protection)

Inherently superior reliability & manufacturability

At high level of monolithic integration, smallest footprint for RF front-ends

can be achieved at high performance

PA, LNA, Switch, digital control..

Next generation technologies will further leverage improved power handling

capability to enable high efficiency wideband PA solutions

NXP QUBiC® SiGe BiCMOS Technology

Best in class QUBiC technology combining benefits of bipolar SiGe and CMOS

10 5 60 30 2

RF-SOI

CMOS

QUBiC

Gen 8

QUBiC

Gen 10

RF-SOI

QUBiC

Gen 9

Frequency [GHz]

Perf

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an

ce

Low

M

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m

Hig

h

Very

Hig

h

LTE-RX WLAN- FEIC

GSM PA: LTE-HB

Ku satcom

Ka satcom

5Gmmwave

IoT radar

BST LNA

GaAs

LDMOS GaN

GaAs (PA)

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SAS PRODUCTS FOR

MULTI-MARKETS

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Wide Band Transistors (WBT) BFU5xx Series Wide Band Transistors

Broadband amplifiers up to 2 GHz

AEC-Q101 qualified

Broad range of package options

Application

ISM applications (LNA’s, Oscillators, Drivers) in the consumer, industrial.

Automotive: RKE, TPMS, FM, DAB+

IoT: Home product, e-metering

Other application: Optical modules, Walkie-Talkie, CATV, DVB-T

BFU6xx & BFU7xx Series & BFU910F Wide Band Transistors

Broadband amplifiers up to 18GHz

High gain, low noise

Application

Satellite LNB: LNA, mixer, DRO

WLAN, Zigbee, Bluetooth

Automotive: GPS, SDARS, RKE

Mobile TV (CMMB, ISBD-Tmm)

IoT: e-metering, security (radar, sensor)

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Wide Band Transistor Overview Portfolio and application Function LNAs, mixers, frequency

multipliers, buffers

High-linearity, high-output

amplifiers and drivers

Oscillators

Frequency

range

<2GHz <6GHz 6-10GHz 10-18GHz <2GHz <6GHz 6-10GHz 10-18GHz <2GHz <6GHz 6-10GHz 10-18GHz

Band type ISM433,

ISM866

L,S,C X, Ku low Ku high,

Ka

ISM433,

ISM866

L,S,C X, Ku low Ku high,

Ka

ISM433,

ISM866

L,S,C X, Ku low Ku high,

Ka

BFU520* ● ●

BFU530* ● ●

BFU550* ● ●

BFU580* ●

BFU590* ●

BFU610F ● ● ●

BFU630F ● ● ● ● ●

BFU660F ● ● ● ● ●

BFU690F ● ● ● ● ●

BFU710F ● ● ●

BFU730F ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

BFU760F ● ● ● ● ● ●

BFU790F ● ● ●

BFU910F ●

• Multiple package types available Red = application note available on NXP.com

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BFU5xx Series WBT Selection Guide

BFU5xx board:

BFU5xx Emitter

Degeneration

board

USB-stick : 3322

355 79931

USB-stick content

files

Loose SMA-connectors

BFU520/30/50 A&W

loose samples : 12

nc: available.

Package Transistor Types EVB Type nr.

Icc 30mA 40mA 50mA 60mA 200mA

SOT323 BFU520W BFU530W BFU550W OM7960

SOT23 BFU520A BFU530A BFU550A OM7961

SOT143 BFU520 BFU530 BFU550 OM7962

SOT143X BFU520X BFU530X BFU550X OM7963

SOT143XR BFU520XR BFU530XR BFU550XR OM7964

SOP89 BFU580Q BFU590Q OM7965

SOT223 BFU580G BFU590G

SOT363 BFU520Y

BFU5xx Series overview by package

and power consumption

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BFU6xx & BFU7xx Series RF WBT Selection Guide Type

Package Ft Vceo_{max} Ic_{max}

Application Unit GHz V mA

BFU610F SOT343

40 5.0

10

BFU630F SOT343 30

BFU660F SOT343 70 GPS, STB, LNB, EOC

BFU690F SOT343 100 Auto, AMR, SDARS, EOC

BFU710F SOT343

70 2.8

10 LNB

BFU725F SOT343 40 WLAN, LNB

BFU730F SOT343 30 WLAN, LNB, SDARS

BFU760F SOT343 70 WLAN, GPS, STB

BFU790F SOT343 100 AMR, EOC

BFU910F SOT343 90 2.0 15 LNB

BFU730L

X SOT883 53 3.0 30 WLAN

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PIN Diodes Overview Portfolio and application

PIN diodes are widely used as variable resister in gain control functions and as RF switch where low

forward resistance and low internal loss are required.

All diodes will be automotive qualified according AEC-Q101

Typical application

Car Radio applications, especially together with NXP car radio IC’s. Car & mobile radio

manufacturers.

Mobile, diversity antenna tuner, TX/RX switch for IoT applications

A long tail of customers in the industrial market where need switch or attenuator.

SINGLE SERIES COMMON CATHODE COMMON ANODE ANTIPARALLEL QUAD

SOD323 SOD523 SOD882D SOT23 SOT323 SOT23 SOT323 SOT23 SOT323 SOT363 SOT753

BAP55LX

BAP50-03 BAP50-02 BAP50LX BAP50-04 BAP50-04W BAP50-05 BAP50-05W

BAP51-03 BAP51-02 BAP51LX BAP51-04W BAP51-05W BAP51-06W

BAP64-03 BAP64-02 BAP64LX BAP64-04 BAP64-04W BAP64-05 BAP64-05W BAP64-06 BAP64-06W BAP64Q

BAP65-03 BAP65-02 BAP65LX BAP65-05 BAP65-05W

BAP70-03 BAP70-02 BAP70-04W BAP70-05 BAP70AM BAP70Q

BA591 BA891

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PIN Diodes Value Proposition

Broad Portflio

Unrivalled performance

Short lead time

Low Series inductance

Low insertion loss

Low capacitance

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MMIC for Multimarket

General Purpose Wide Band Gain Block BGA28xx

General Purpose LNA MMIC BGU610x

BGU7003

WLAN LNA MMIC BGU7224

BGU7258

STB LNA MMIC BGU703x

BGU704x

GPS LNA MMIC BGU7004

BGU7008

General Purpose PA MMIC BGA6130

BGA7130

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KEY APPLICATION CASE WLAN AP/ROUTER

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WLAN LNA in AP/Router

BGU7224, BGU7258

By-pass function

Interference immunity

Reliability: Lower spread, ESD protection

Easy Design: lower components count

BFU730F, BFU768F, BFU730LX

Lower NF

Higher gain

Flexible design

Lower cost

MMIC WBT

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NXP WLAN LNA on Qualcomm Platforms

Platform SoC Ref

Design

2.4Ghz 5Ghz

SW LNA PA SW LNA PA

Beeliner

Cascade

QCA9980

QCA9982

QCA9984

CUS260 S**13*** BGU7224 S**2***

CUS239 S**13*** BGU7258 S**13***

Peregrine QCA9880

QCA9882 KUS223 S**13*** BFU768 S**50***

Dakota

IPQ4018

IPQ4019

IPQ4028

IPQ4029

DK04 S**13*** BGU7224 S**2*** S**13*** BGU7258 R**5***

Honeybee QCA9531 AP147 S**13*** BFU768 S**2***

SoC

PA

SW

LNA

ANT

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Bias

RF out RF In

BYP EN Vcc

Spec

BGU7224

(2.4 GHz)

BGU7258

(5-6 GHz)

Vcc 3.3 3.3 V

Icc 13 13 mA

Std Icc 2 1 µA

RF 2.4-2.5 4.9-5.925 GHz

Gain 15 13 dB

Gain

Byp.

-5.5 -7 dB

NF 1.0 1.6 dB

IP1dB -3 -4 dBm

IIP3 5.5 8 dBm

RL

(in/out)

<-10 <-10 dB

802.11b/g/n and a/n/ac compliant

Integrated:

Smallest total solution footprint [1.6*1.6*0.5 DFN]

Operating supply voltage: 3 – 3.6V

Active Bias/Shutdown

Full 50 ohm match

Bypass

Built-in jammer immunity for concurrent 2.4/5.8 GHz operation

WLAN LNA MMIC: BGU7224 & BGU7258

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Examples of 2.4GHz WLAN LNA Application Circuits

New application circuits can be generated upon request

Product BFU730F BFU768F BFU730LX BGU7224

Application Note AN11448 AN11006 AN11147 AN11185 AN11223 AN11390

Gain (dB) 20 21 18 15 17 15

NF (dB) 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.05 0.8 1.0

IP1dB (dBm) -12 -16 -12 -11 -9 -3

IIP3 (dBm) -5 2 -2 -1 3 6

Current (mA) 15 10 11 11 12.5 13

Bypass No No No No No Yes

Inductors 1 4 1 1 1 0

Capacitors 4 6 5 4 4 1

Resistors 3 4 4 4 5 0

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Examples of 5GHz WLAN LNA Application Circuits

New application circuits can be generated upon request

Product BFU730F BFU768F BFU730LX BGU7258

Application Note AN11007 AN11140 AN11454 AN11114 AN11184 AN11224 AN11453

Gain (dB) 14-16 14-15 16 11(21) 11 11 14

NF (dB) 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.2(0.7) 1.15 1.2 1.6

P1dB (dBm) -7.5 -8 -7 -8(-13) -5 0 -4

IIP3 (dBm) 10 6 8 4(-4) 15 8 8

Current (mA) 10 11 15 12 12.5 11 13

Bypass No No No No No No Yes

Dual Band No No No Yes No No No

Inductors 4 1 3 4 3 1 0

Capacitors 7 4 4 4 5 4 1

Resistors 4 3 3 4 3 3 0

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KEY APPLICATION CASE AUTOMOTIVE

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Overview of NXP MMIC & WBT Application in Automotive

Application Band Config. NXP type

RKE LNA

315, 434,868, 900MHz

one stage LNA BFU5xx:

BFU520W RKE Oscillator Single oscillator

RKE PA PA +

NXP chip Mantra BGA6130

Car FM radio active ANT 65MHz ~ 162.5MHz one stage LNA

BFU5xx:

BFU520

BFU580Q, BFU580G

GPS active ANT 1.575Ghz 2-stages LNAs BGU7004/BGU7008

BFU760F+BFU660F

SDARS active ANT 2.320Ghz~2.345Ghz 2~3-stages LNAs BFU6xx/BFU7xx:

BFU730F+BFU690F

Car to Car

Car to X ()

Hotspot in Car

WLAN

+

LTE

IEEE802.11

Wifi FE

Wifi RX-FE

Wifi LNA

BGF8458

BGS83xx

BGU72xx

LTE LTE LNA BGS8X2

BGU610x

GNSS

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RKE Oscillator, LNA, PA

PCB = 520W-150701 Rev A

PC Board Material = Standard FR4

Q1 (SOT323)BFU520W

AEC-Q101

RF Wideband

Transistor

VCE ~ 3.2 Volts

J1

RF INPUT

C1390pF

(0402)

I = 4.8 mA

R375K

(0402)

C4390pF

(0402)

R1

75

ohms

(0402)

C5

0.1uF

(0402)

Vcc

= 5.0V

J3DC Connector

J2

RF OUTPUT

C2

390pF

(0402)

R4750 ohms

(0402)

C3390pF

(0402)

R2

300 ohms

(0402)

BFU520W Wideband RKE LNA

5 volt implementation

9 ‘external’ components

5 x ‘C’; 4 x ‘R’; no inductors used

50 ohm trace

50 ohm trace

433MHz Oscillator

With BFU520W

433MHz LNA

with BFU520W RKE PA with BGA6130

Trend: Multi-function of RKE

Limited by the printed antenna

high performance RF FE

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FM LNA Using BFU5xx

Frequency Measurement BFU520 BFU580* Units

Power

Supply

Vcc 3.0 5.0 V

Current 5 25 mA

RF Spec at

98MHz

Gain 21.2 22 dB

NF 1.5 1.6 dB

RL_{in} 9.4 15 dB

RL_{out} 11.4 11 dB

OIP3 15 dBm

The Application Circuits of FM LNA using BFU580Q and

BFU580G are introduced in AN11499 and AN11500

respectively

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Automotive Qualified GPS LNA MMIC: BGU7004 & BGU7008

Type Package

Vcc Icc Gain NF P1dB_{in} IIP3*

Unit V mA dB dB dBm dBm

BGU7004 SOT886 1.5-2.85 4.5 17.5 0.9 -8 12

BGU7008 SOT886 1.5-2.85 4.8 19.5 0.9 -11 5

* Measured by two tones at f1=1713MHz and f2=1851MHz

AEC-Q100 qualified

Covers full GNSS L1 band, from 1559 MHz to 1610 MHz

Requires only one input matching inductor and one supply decoupling capacitor

Can be also tuned for L2(1215-1240MHz) band and L5(1164-1189MHz) band by adding

two external components

Power-down mode current consumption < 1 uA

Input and output DC decoupled

ESD protection on all pins (HBM > 2 kV)

Integrated temperature stabilized bias for easy design

Small 6-pin leadless package 1 mm *1.45 mm *0.5 mm

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WBT GPS LNA Solution

Parameters 1-Stage 2-Stage 2-Stage Unit

BFU760F BFU760F+BFU660F BFU730F+BFU690F

Vcc 3.0 3.0 3.3 V

Ic 12 19.5 62 mA

Gain 17.7 33 35.4 dB

RL_in 9.6 17 13 dB

RL_out 12.6 17 11.7 dB

NF 0.7 0.78 0.7 dB

P1dB_out 4.9 2.6 13.7 dBm

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SDARS LNA Using BFU730F+BFU690F

Measurement Value Units

Vcc 3.3 V

Current 33 mA

Gain 34 dB

NF 0.8 dB

RLin 9.8 dB

RLout 14 dB

IP1dB > -20 dBm

SDARS 1st Stage LNA: BFU730F SDARS 2nd Stage LNA: BFU690F

NF= 0.69dB

Gain= 18.4dB

S11< -9.8dB

S22< -17.9dB

Iso > 30dB

K > 1.1(DC~5G)

ICE= 8.4mA

NF= 1.56dB

Gain= 15.2dB

S11< -13dB

S22< -14dB

Iso > 23dB

K > 1(DC~3.5G)

ICE= 25mA

AN11006 AN11024

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KEY APPLICATION CASE DVB-S

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DVB-S Introduction

Satellite Low power

Area: (sub) continents

Ku band: 10.7~12.75 GHz

LNB for

converting

Ku band

Into L band

Dish for

concentrating

Signals

“antenna gain”

Terrestrial antenna

For FM radio and

analog TV

2 signals can travel through a

medium without

Interference: “ortogonal”.

Depending on the region this

is linear (vertical/horizontal)

or circular (left hand/right

hand circular polarized)

0 0.95 1.95 2.15 10.7 11.7 1.1

10.6 Low High RF low 12.75 12.75

RF high 9.75 TV+FM

0.04 0.86

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Complete portfolio for all architectures Integrated and discrete offering in Ku Band LNB

Port 1

Port 2

Port 3

Port 4

10.6

BPF

BPF

BPF

BPF

9.75 V

H

HL

VL

HH

VH

HL

VL

HH

VH

Ku Band LNA 1st IF Gain Block DRO Switch PIN diode 2nd IF Gain Block

10.7-12.7GHz 950-2150MHz 9.75/10.6 GHz

10.75 GHz

950-2150MHz 950-2150MHz

BFU910F BGA28xx BFU660F BAP64

BAP51

BAP50

BGA28xx

TFF101x

FIMOD IC

Universal Single & TWIN LNB

TFF102x VSAT, Echostar, Direct TV

TFF1044 Universal Quad LNB

Bias

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DVB-S STB LNA Solutions (WBT &. MMIC)

Vcc Type #

Vs (V)

Is (mA) Gp (dB) P1dB (dBm) NF (dB)

250MHz 750MHz 250MHz 750MHz 750MHz

2.5V BGA2870 2.5 15.6 31.0 30.8 4.0 4.0 3.5 BGA2874 2.5 16.0 31.2 31.0 7.0 6.0 3.7

950MHz 2150MH

z 950MHz

2150MH

z 2200MHz

3.3V

BGA2800 3.3 10.1 20.5 20.6 -1.0 -2.0 3.6 BGA2802 3.3 12.5 25.8 25.5 1.0 -3.0 3.6 BGA2803 3.0 5.8 23.4 23.0 -6.0 -8.0 3.4 BGA2801 3.3 14.3 22.4 23.0 2.0 0.0 3.9 BGA2815 3.3 18.2 25.3 25.2 5.0 1.0 3.7 BGA2817 3.3 19.8 23.5 24.0 7.5 6.0 4.3 BGA2818 3.3 18.0 30.0 31.0 6.0 5.0 3.2

5V

BGA2851 5.0 7.0 24.7 25.2 -4.0 -5.0 3.0 BGA2866 5.0 17.4 23.9 24.3 4.0 3.0 3.9 BGA2867 5.0 21.7 27.2 27.2 6.5 4.9 3.7 BGA2869 5.0 22.0 31.0 32.5 8.8 8.0 3.5

NXP BFU760F

950MHz 1550MHz 2150MHz unit

Gain 14.5 13.9 12.2 dB

NF 2.1 2.0 2.0 dB

Rl_{in} 8.0 15.2 11.4 dB

Rl_{out} 14.9 28.5 14.6 dB

P1dB 13.9 13.5 10.9 dBm

OIP3 28.4 26.9 25.2 dBm

K factor >1 up to 18GHz

Components 15 pcs

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KEY APPLICATION CASE IOT

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IoT RF Application Application Band NXP type

LNA Sub-GHz

BFU5xx

BFU520*, BFU530*, BFU550*

BFU6xx

BGU610x

PA Sub-GHz BFU690F

BGA6130

Switch Switch BAP64-02

2.4GHz LNA 2.4GHz BGU7224

BGU8053

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PA in Smart Meter (Sub-GHz) Wireless Module

BGU690F

BGA6130 BAP64-02