A 1–11 GHz ultra-wideband LNA using M-derived inductive peaking circuit in UMC 65 nm CMOS

Broadband amplifiers; CMOS integrated circuits; Electric inverters; Feedback; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave circuits; Noise figure; Radio frequency amplifiers; Timing circuits; Ultra-wideband (UWB); High gain; Inductive peaking; LNA design; Low Power; Power gains; Radio frequency cmos; Shunt feedback; Third-order input intercept points; Low noise amplifiers

Abstract :

[en] A high-gain, low-power, and low-noise amplifier (LNA) is designed in UMC 65 nm radio frequency (RF)-CMOS technology for operation over the 1 to 11 GHz RF band. This LNA design is based on an m-derived inductive peaking circuit with a shunt feedback inverter. The m-derived inductive peaking circuit is placed between two shunt feedback inverters. Further, a split inductor topology is introduced in the circuit. The procedure for the integrating of an m-derived inductive peaking circuit in LNA is explained in detail. The proposed circuit achieves more than 14 dB of power gain over an ultra-wideband of 1 to 11 GHz. The measurement of the proposed LNA achieves a minimum of 2.5 dB of noise figure, and more than −8 dBm of third-order input intercept point, while consuming 11.3 mW of power. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 59:521–526, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Disciplines :

Electrical & electronics engineering

Author, co-author :

Bhatt, D.; IITB-Monash Research Academy, IIT, Bombay, India

Mukherjee, J.; Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT, Bombay, India

Redouté, Jean-Michel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Dép. d'électric., électron. et informat. (Inst.Montefiore) > Systèmes microélectroniques intégrés

Language :

English

Title :

A 1–11 GHz ultra-wideband LNA using M-derived inductive peaking circuit in UMC 65 nm CMOS

Publication date :

2017

Journal title :

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

ISSN :

0895-2477

eISSN :

1098-2760

Publisher :

John Wiley and Sons Inc.

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

521-526

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