A. Afsahi, A. Behzad, S. Au, R. Roufoogaran, J. Rael
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Abstract
A two-antenna array receiver is designed for WLAN application to build a maximum ratio combiner (MRC) system. A new signal-path Cartesian phase generation and combination technique is proposed to shift the RF signal by 22.5 phase steps. The 3 dB improvement in received SNR is achieved in comparison to single path receiver. The 0.29 mm^2 RF paths consumes 30 mW in 0.13 mum CMOS process.