3.1～5.2GHz超宽带可变增益低噪声放大器设计

低噪声放大器是超宽带接收机系统中最重要的模块之一,设计了一种可应用于3.1～5.2GHz频段超宽带可变增益低噪声放大器。电路输入级采用共栅结构实现超宽带输入匹配,并引入电流舵结构实现了放大器的可变增益。仿真基于TSMC 0.18μm RF CMOS工艺。结果表明,在全频段电路的最大功率增益为10.5dB,增益平坦度小于0.5dB,噪声系数小于5dB,输入反射系数低于-15dB,在1.8V电源电压下,功耗为9mW。因此,该电路能够在低功耗超宽带射频接收机系统中应用。     

一种低功耗、宽变增益范围、极小噪声恶化的1.45GHz LNA

给出了一种新型的低噪声放大器的变增益方案.与传统的噪声恶化很严重的低噪声放大器变增益方案相比,该方案以3dB为步长,可以得到25dB的变增益范围,并且在低增益时的噪声恶化只有0.3～0.5dB.此外,这种变增益方案与传统方案相比,还有不需要额外功耗的优点.     

增益可控CMOS低噪声放大器

设计了采用SMIC0.18μm RF CMOS工艺的共源共栅NMOS结构的增益可变的差动式低噪声放大器。在考虑了ESD保护pad和封装寄生效应后,着重对低噪声放大器的输入阻抗匹配、增益以及共源共栅级联结构下的噪声系数、线性度等进行了一系列分析,并提出了优化措施。芯片测试结果表明:在1.56GHz中心频率下,-3dB带宽约为150MHz,输出最大电压增益为27dB,此时噪声系数NF约为2.33dB,IIP3约为4.0dBm,可变增益范围为7dB。在3.3V电源电压下消耗电流8.2mA。此设计方法可以应用到诸如GSM、GPS等无线接收机系统中。     

S波段小型化宽带低噪声放大器的设计

采用软件计算微带平面电感,描述了一款基于薄膜工艺的小型化宽带低噪声放大器的设计和性能。测试结果表明:在2.7～3.5 GHz的频段内,低噪声放大器的噪声系数小于等于0.55 dB,增益大于等于33 dB,增益平坦度小于等于±0.1 dB;在2～4 GHz的频段内,低噪声放大器的噪声系数小于等于0.65 dB,增益大于等于33 dB,增益平坦度小于等于±0.8 dB;尺寸为6.0 mm×4.2 mm。     

基于ADS的平衡式低噪声放大器设计

平衡放大技术有着驻波特性好,增益高、易级联的优点。本文将平衡放大技术应用到低噪声放大器的设计中,在保证低噪声和功率增益的同时,用以提高低噪声放大器的驻波比和增益平坦度。ADS仿真结果表明,在5.3-6.3 GHz的频带范围内,低噪声放大器绝对稳定,噪声系数≤1.182 dB,功率增益达到10 dB,并且通过采用平衡放大技术,输入输出驻波比≤1.3∶1,带内波动≤1dB,提高了低噪声放大器的有效工作带宽。     

基于ADS的射频低噪声放大器的设计与仿真

应用E-PHEMT器件ATF-58143设计了一款增益约20 dB,噪声系数小于0.5 dB的低噪声放大器。采用负反馈保证系统的稳定性,利用匹配网络保证了低噪声系数和高增益。结合该实例介绍了借助ADS软件进行低噪声放大器的设计方法,给出设计步骤,并对仿真结果进行了分析,对于LNA的研究与设计具有重要意义。     

非平衡变换低噪声放大器的设计

在具有非平衡变换功能的2.4GHz CMOS低噪声放大器的设计中,采用单端低噪声放大器与有源Balun结构通过耦合电容相级联的方法实现.单端低噪声放大器主要侧重优化它的噪声系数,并使其具有较高的增益.有源Balun结构则侧重于减小它的增益误差和相位误差.最后把单端低噪声放大器和有源Balun结构进行联合仿真.仿真结果显示:设计的低噪声放大器在中心频率上噪声系数为0.71dB,增益为25.767dB,输入输出反射系数均小于-20 dB,电路总功耗为13.86mW,并且实现了完全的非平衡转换.     

一个具有40dB增益、4.5dB噪声系数的应用于6-7GHz IR-UWB接收机的0.13μm CMOS射频前端设计

本文中使用0.13μm CMOS工艺实现了一款应用于脉冲式超宽带无线电的接收机射频前端电路。由于使用了欠采样的接收机架构,接收机中不再具有混频过程。因此,低噪声放大器和可变增益放大器均需要直接处理宽带射频信号。为了优化噪声和线性度,低噪声放大器使用了具有电容交叉耦合的全差分共栅结构,在1.2V电源下仅消耗了1.8mA电流。低噪声放大器之后,一个具有两级结构的电流引导型可变增益放大器被用来实现增益调节功能。同时,低噪声放大器和两级可变增益放大器共同构成了一个三级参差峰化网络,以提高接收机的总体带宽。测试结果表明,该射频前端模块在6-7GHz带宽内实现了5-40dB的增益调节范围,最小噪声系数和最大输入三阶交调分别达到了4.5dB和-11dBm。电路总体功耗为14mW,使用1.2V电源电压,核心部分芯片面积为0.58mm2.     

宽带CMOS低噪声放大器的设计

文章主要介绍应用于集群接收机系统的350MHz～470MHz低噪声放大器,采用0.6μm CMOS工艺。探讨了优化低噪声放大器的噪声系数、增益与线性度的设计方法,同时对宽带输入输出匹配进行了分析。这种宽带低噪声放大器的工作带宽350MHz～470MHz,噪声系数小于3dB,增益为24dB,增益平坦度为±1dB,输入1dB压缩点大于-15dBm。     

应用于2.4GHz无线传感网的带ESD保护CMOS低噪声放大器的设计与优化

本文给出一种新的带ESD保护源极电感负反馈低噪声放大器优化方法,可以实现在功耗受限条件下的噪声和输入同时匹配,并给出了输入阻抗和噪声参数的分析。采用该方法设计并优化了一个基于0.18-μm RF CMOS工艺、应用于无线传感网的2.4GHz低噪声放大器。测试结果表明,低噪声放大器的噪声系数为1.69dB,功率增益为15.2dB,输入1dB压缩点为-8dBm,输入三阶截点为1dBm,1.8V电源电压下的工作电流为4mA。     

A CMOS variable gain low-noise amplifier with ESD protection for 5 GHz applications

This paper presents a variable gain low-noise amplifier (VG-LNA) for 5 GHz applications.The effect of the input parasitic capacitance on the inductively degenerated common source LNA's input impedance is analyzed in detail.A new ESD and LNA co-design method was proposed to achieve good performance.In addition,by using a simple feedback loop at the second stage of the LNA,continuous gain control is realized.The measurement results of the proposed VG-LNA exhibit 25 dB (-3.3 dB to 21.7 dB) variable gain range,2.8 dB noise figure at the maximum gain and 1 dBm IIP3 at the minimum gain,while the DC power consumption is 9.9 mW under a 1.8 V supply voltage.     

增益可调宽带CMOS低噪声放大器设计

设计了一种应用于超宽带系统中的可变增益宽带低噪声放大器。电路中采用了二阶巴特沃斯滤波器作为输入和输出匹配电路;采用了两级共源共栅结构实现电路的放大,并通过控制第二级的电流,实现了在宽频带范围内增益连续可调;采用了多栅管(MGTR),提高了电路的线性度;设计基于SMIC 0.18μm CMOS工艺。仿真结果显示,在频带3~5 GHz的范围内最高增益17 dB,增益波动小于1.8 dB,输入和输出端口反射系数分别小于-10 dB和-14 dB,噪声系数nf小于3.5 dB,当控制电压Vctrl=1.4 V时,IIP3约为2 dBm,电路功耗为16 mW。     

Ka-Band SiGe HBT Low Phase Imbalance Differential 3-Bit Variable Gain LNA

This letter presents the design and implementation of a differential Ka-band variable gain low noise amplifier (VG-LNA) with low insertion phase imbalance. The VG-LNA is based on a 0.12 mum SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor process, and the gain variation is achieved using bias current steering. The measured VG-LNA gain at 32-34 GHz is 9-20 dB with eight different linear-in-magnitude gain states, and with a noise figure of 3.4-4.3 dB. The measured rms phase imbalance is < 2.5deg at 26-40 GHz for all gain states and this is achieved using a novel compensating resistor in the bias network. The VG-LNA consumes 33 mW (13.5 mA, 2.5 V) and the input 1-dB gain compression point is -27 dBm. The chip size is 0.13 mm² without pads.     

CMOS宽带线性可变增益低噪声放大器设计

文章设计了一种48MHz~860MHz宽带线性可变增益低噪声放大器,该放大器采用信号相加式结构电路、控制信号转换电路和电压并联负反馈技术实现。详细分析了线性增益控制、输入宽带匹配和噪声优化方法。采用TSMC0.18μm RF CMOS工艺对电路进行设计,仿真结果表明,对数增益线性变化范围为-5dB~18dB,最小噪声系数为2.9dB,S11和S22小于-10dB,输入1dB压缩点大于-14.5dBm,在1.8V电源电压下,功耗为45mW。     

A CMOS variable gain LNA for UWB receivers

A CMOS variable gain low noise amplifier(LNA) is presented for 4.2-4.8 GHz ultra-wideband application in accordance with Chinese standard.The design method for the wideband input matching is presented and the low noise performance of the LNA is illustrated.A three-bit digital programmable gain control circuit is exploited to achieve variable gain.The design was implemented in 0.13-μm RF CMOS process,and the die occupies an area of 0.9 mm~2 with ESD pads.Totally the circuit draws 18 mA DC current from 1.2 V DC supply,the LNA exhibits minimum noise figure of 2.3 dB,S(1,1) less than -9 dB and S(2,2) less than -10 dB.The maximum and the minimum power gains are 28.5 dB and 16 dB respectively.The tuning step of the gain is about 4 dB with four steps in all.Also the input 1 dB compression point is -10 dBm and input third order intercept point(IIP3) is -2 dBm.     

Design of Low Power 2.4GHz CMOS Cascode LNA with Reduced Noise Figure for WSN Applications

In this paper, a narrowband cascode Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) with shunt feedback is proposed. A typical inductively degenerated cascode LNA can be treated as a Common Source-Common Gate (CS-CG) two stage LNA. The series interstage inductance is connected between CS-CG stages to increase the power gain. An additional inductance which is connected at the gate of CG stage is used to cancel out the parasitic capacitance of CG stage therefore reduces the noise figure of CG stage. The shunt feedback is used to improve the stability and input impedance matching. This configuration provides better input matching, lower noise figure, low power consumption and good reverse isolation. The proposed LNA exhibits the gain of 13 dB, input return loss of ?11 dB, noise figure of 2.2 dB and good reverse isolation of ?42.8 dB at a frequency of 2.4GHz using TSMC 0.13 μm CMOS technology. It produces gain and noise figure better than conventional cascode LNA. The proposed LNA is biased in moderate inversion region for achieving sufficient gain with low power consumption of 1.5mW at a supply voltage of 1.5V.     

A 184 mW Fully Integrated DVB-H Tuner With a Linearized Variable Gain LNA and Quadrature Mixers Using Cross-Coupled Transconductor

A fully integrated direct conversion DVB-H tuner is realized in a 0.5-mum SiGe BiCMOS technology. To meet the stringent linearity requirement while keeping low power consumption, novel linearization techniques for a variable-gain low-noise amplifier (VG-LNA) and a mixer are proposed. The proposed linearized VG-LNA has a variable gain range of over 50 dB, noise figure of less than 2.6 dB over the frequency range from 200 to 1000 MHz, and IIP3 of more than -10 dBm at a current consumption of 2.1 mA. The quadrature mixer with the proposed linearization technique achieves OIP3 of more than 25 dBm at a current consumption of 5 mA. In addition, a new offset-cancel feedback is introduced for the baseband block of a direct conversion receiver, which keeps the high-pass cutoff frequency independent of the baseband VGA gain. The fabricated tuner IC satisfies all the DVB-H requirements at a power consumption of 184 mW     

An ultra-wideband CMOS low noise amplifier for 3-5-GHz UWB system

An ultra-wideband (UWB) CMOS low noise amplifier (LNA) topology that combines a narrowband LNA with a resistive shunt-feedback is proposed. The resistive shunt-feedback provides wideband input matching with small noise figure (NF) degradation by reducing the Q-factor of the narrowband LNA input and flattens the passband gain. The proposed UWB amplifier is implemented in 0.18-/spl mu/m CMOS technology for a 3.1-5-GHz UWB system. Measurements show a -3-dB gain bandwidth of 2-4.6GHz, a minimum NF of 2.3 dB, a power gain of 9.8 dB, better than -9 dB of input matching, and an input IP3 of -7dBm, while consuming only 12.6 mW of power.     

3～10GHz SiGe HBTs超宽带低噪声放大器的设计

根据UWB(Ultra-wideband)无线通信标准.提出了一款超宽带低噪声放大器并进行了设计.该放大器选用高性能的SiGe HBTs,同时采用并联和串联多重反馈的两级结构,以达到超宽频带、高增益、低噪声系数以及良好的输入输出匹配的目的.仿真结果表明,放大器在3-10 GHz带宽内,增益.S21高达21 dB,增益平坦度小于1.5 dB,噪声系数在2.4～3.3 dB之间.输入输出反射系数(S11和S22)均小于-9 dB,并且在整个频带内无条件稳定.所有结果表明该LNA性能良好.     

Low-power digitally-controlled variable gain attenuator and LNA with high gain dynamic range for sub-GHz ISM bands

A low-power Digitally-controlled Variable Gain Attenuator and Low Noise Amplifier are implemented in a 40-GHz f_T 0.25-??m BiCMOS process. They cover the sub-GHz ISM bands for automotive applications such as Remote Keyless Entry. The LNA achieves wideband input matching independent of the variable gain, as well as high reverse isolation, thanks to a partial feedback technique. Its variable gain is based on a resistor-chain gain-control technique, leading to fine gain steps and constant output impedance. This LNA is designed with 15 gain steps of 1?dB. The simulated results for the maximum gain show a Transducer Power Gain of 16.5?dB, a Noise Figure of 2.4?dB and respective input and output IP₃ of ?12.1 and +4.5?dBm, while only drawing 1.45?mA from a 2.7?V power supply. The measurement results are slightly degraded because of wire-bonding couplings in the package. This LNA is preceded by a five coarse steps (about 11?dB each) digitally-programmable attenuator based on a hybrid T and R-2R network. Together with the LNA, more than 50?dB of gain dynamic range is achieved. For high attenuation steps, input IP₃ of more than +18?dBm is reached.