Design of low power CMOS band-pass Gm-C filter for 5.8 GHz RF transceiver of ETC system

Since electronic tolling collection (ETC) allows vehicles passing through without slowing down which improves greatly transportation efficiency, it is chosen as the basic technology for new national highway network construction. The key component of the ETC system is a 5.8 GHz RF transceiver that enables wireless communication between toll booth and vehicles. A 1-V Gm-C sixth order band pass filter is designed in a 0.18 mm CMOS process for this purpose. Based on a pseudo differential operational transconductance amplifier (OTA), a wide tuning range and large input voltage swing is achieved. A common-mode feed forward (CMFF) circuit is introduced to reduce the distortion caused by common mode signal. The filter is implemented as a cascade of three identical second-order blocks. The power consumption is about 456 µW.