Design of receiver RF front end for mm-Wave 5G applications

Recently, the research emphasis has shifted towards 5G due to its potential to accommodate the increasing demand for data traffic, extensive interconnectivity of devices, and the emergence of numerous novel applications. Given the inadequacy of speed provided by spectrum resources in the lower frequency bands of 5G, a novel sub-generation utilizing millimeter wave frequencies has been introduced. The new sub-generation is called mm-wave 5G and provides higher bandwidth for faster speed and higher capacity. RF system architecture, circuits, and antenna innovation will be required to provide the requisite speed and capacity. In this paper the design challenges and trade-offs in RF front-end circuits and receiver sub-systems are discussed. Moreover, the massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) techniques are examined. In addition, design, and simulation of key components in 5G mm-wave receiver, including the design of linear phased array antenna receiver and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is presented. Sigma-Delta (ΣΔM) Converters are a type of ADC with a technique that involves oversampling and shaping quantization noise to achieve a higher resolution which make it a best choice to be used in the design of the mm wave 5G communication applications. The proposed ΣΔM uses multistage architecture to provide high-order noise shaping and high resolution. The simulation results shows that the designed Cascade 2-2 MASH ΣΔ achieve a signal to noise ratio of 110(resolution of 16 bits).