0.18-um CMOS 3.1-10．6GHz超宽带低噪声放大器设计

介绍了一种基于0．18-um CMOS工艺、适用于超宽带无线通信系统接收前端的低噪声放大器。在3．1～10．6GHz的频带范围内对它仿真获得如下结果：最高增益12dB；增益波动小于2dB；输入端口反射系数S11小于-10dB；输出端口反射系数S22小于-15dB；噪声系数NF小于4．6dB。采用1．5V电源供电，功耗为10．5mW。与近期公开发表的超宽带低噪声放大器仿真结果相比较，本电路结构具有工作带宽大、功耗低、输入匹配电路简单的优点。     

2～12 GHz CMOS超宽带低噪声放大器设计

提出了一种基于双反馈电流复用结构的新型CMOS超宽带(UWB)低噪声放大器(LNA),放大器工作在2～12 GHz的超宽带频段,详细分析了输入输出匹配、增益和噪声系数的性能。设计采用TSMC 0.18μm RF CMOS工艺,在1.4 V工作电压下,放大器的直流功耗约为13mW(包括缓冲级)。仿真结果表明,在2～12 GHz频带范围内,功率增益为15.6±1.4 dB,输入、输出回波损耗分别低于-10.4和-11.5 dB,噪声系数(NF)低于3 dB(最小值为1.96 dB),三阶交调点IIP3为-12 dBm,芯片版图面积约为712μm×614μm。     

2.4GHz可变增益CMOS低噪声放大器设计

设计了一款工作在2.4GHz的可变增益CMOS低噪声放大器,电路采用HJKJ0.18μm CMOS工艺实现。测试结果表明,最高增益为11.5dB,此时电路的噪声系数小于3dB,增益变化范围为0～11.5dB。在1.8V电压下,电路工作电流为3mA。     

3.1～10.6 GHz CMOS超宽带低噪声放大器设计

本文给出了一个低电压、低功耗增益连续可调CMOS超宽带低噪声放大器(Ultra-wideband Low Noise Amplifier,UWB LNA)设计。在0.85V工作电压下放大器的直流功耗约为10mW。在3.1～10.6GHz的超宽带频段内,增益S21为14±0.4dB,且随控制电压VC连续可调。输入、输出阻抗匹配S11、S22均低于-10dB,噪声系数(NF)最小值为3.3dB。设计采用TSMC 0.18μm RF CMOS工艺完成。     

0.13微米CMOS双通道超宽带低噪声放大器设计

本文设计了一款超宽带低噪声放大器,并对设计流程进行分析仿真.该低噪放采用双通道结构,有效的输入阻抗匹配、平稳的增益和低噪声等性能可以同时实现.应用ADS工具TSMC 0.13μm CMOS工艺库的仿真结果表明,其最大功率增益为14.2dB,在8GHz频点的IIP3为-4dBm,输入、输出反射系数分别小于-10.2dB和-10.89dB,噪声指数单调下降到1.46dB,并且总功耗和带内最大增益摆幅较低.     

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。     

低功耗2.4GHz 0.18μm CMOS全集成低噪声放大器设计

我们利用0.18μm CM O S工艺设计了低噪声放大器。所有电感采用片上螺旋电感,全集成在单个芯片上,并实现片内50Ω匹配。本次电路设计分析采用ADS仿真软件,电源电压1V,工作电流8mA,增益为15.4dB,噪声系数2.7dB,线性度指标IIP 3为-0.6dB。结论是CM O S工艺在工艺和模型方面的改进,使得CM O S RF电路设计更为精确,可集成度更高。     

5.6GHz CMOS低噪声放大器设计

分析了一种射频COMS共源-共栅低噪声放大器的设计电路,采用TSMC 90nm低功耗工艺实现。仿真结果表明:在5.6GHz工作频率,电压增益约为18.5dB;噪声系数为1.78dB;增益1dB压缩点为-21.72dBm;输入参考三阶交调点为-11.75dBm。在1.2V直流电压下测得的功耗约为25mW。     

3．1～10．6GHz超宽带低噪声放大器的设计

基于SIMC0．18μmRFCMOS工艺技术,设计了可用于3．1—10．6GHzMB—OFDM超宽带接收机射频前端的CMOS低噪声放大器（LNA）。该LNA采用三级结构：第一级是共栅放大器,主要用来进行输入端的匹配;第二级是共源共栅放大器,用来在低频段提供较高的增益;第三级依然为共源共栅结构,用来在高频段提供较高的增益,从而补偿整个频带的增益使得增益平坦度更好。仿真结果表明：在电源电压为1．8v的条件下,所设计的LNA在3．1～10．6GHz的频带范围内增益（521）为20dB左右,具有很好的增益平坦性f±0．4dB）,回波损耗S11、S22均小于-10dB,噪声系数为4．5dB左右,IIP3为-5dBm,PIdB为0dBm。     

100-400MHz超宽带低噪声放大器ADS仿真设计

设计了一个100-400MHz超宽带低噪声放大器。该放大器采用两级E-PHEMT晶体管(ATF54143)级联结构,每级都用独立电源供电。应用射频电路仿真软件ADS对匹配电路进行优化设计,最后通过原理图-版图联合仿真得到放大器的各项性能参数。在100-400MHz频带内,噪声系数(NF)小于0.3dB,带内增益大于32dB,带内增益平坦度±0.5dB以内,输入输出驻波比小于1.8。仿真结果表明,该设计完全满足性能指标要求。     

一种3～5 GHz连续增益可调CMOS超宽带LNA的设计

提出了一种具有大范围连续增益变化的3～5 GHz CMOS可调增益低噪声放大器.采用两级共源共栅电路结构,二阶切比雪夫滤波器作为输入,源跟随器作为输出,在带内获得了良好的输入输出匹配和噪声性能.通过控制第二级的偏置电流,获得了36 dB的连续增益可调,同时也不影响输入输出匹配.该电路基于TSMC 0.18 μm CMOS工艺,在最高增益时,输入和输出反射系数S11和S22分别小于-10.1 dB 和-15 dB,最高增益达到23.8 dB,最小噪声系数仅为1.5 dB,三阶交调截点为-7 dBm,在1.2 V电压下,功耗为6.8 mW;芯片面积0.71 mm2(0.96 mm×0.74 mm).     

2.5 dB NF 3.1-10.6 GHz CMOS UWB LNA with small group-delay variation

A 3.1-10.6 GHz ultra-wideband low-noise amplifier (UWB LNA) with excellent phase linearity property (group-delay variation is only plusmn 16.7 ps across the whole band) using standard 0.13 mum CMOS technology is reported. To achieve high and flat gain and small group-delay variation at the same time, the inductive peaking technique is adopted in the output stage for bandwidth enhancement. The UWB LNA achieved input return loss (S₁₁) of -17.5 to -33.6 dB, output return loss (S₂₂) of -14.4 to -16.3 dB, flat forward gain (S₂₂) of 7.92 plusmn 0.23 dB, and reverse isolation (S₁₂) of -25.8 to -41.9 dB over the 3.1-10.6 GHz band of interest. A state-of-the-art noise figure (NF) of 2.5 dB was achieved at 10.5 GHz.     

应用于802.11a的5.7GHz CMOS LNA设计

使用0.18μm CMOS工艺设计应用于802.11a WLAN的U-NII高频段5.7GHz的LNA.首先选取LNA结构,推导出噪声模型,然后选取在固定功率消耗下最小噪声系数对应的晶体管尺寸,再进行输入输出阻抗匹配和电路调整优化.在使用Bond Wire不加Pad时提供-22.014dB S11,-44.902dB S22,15.063dB S21,-39.44dB S12,2.453dB/2.592dB的噪声系数(NF),-4.1915dBm的三阶互调输入点(IIP3),-15.6dBm的功率1dB压缩点(P1dB)和10mW的功率消耗(Pd).完全考虑Bond Wire和Pad效应的性能参数也已经给出,但噪声系数恶化为3.21/3.23dB,S参数在电路调整优化之后变化不大,整体性能比较突出.     

Design of a fully differential CMOS LNA for 3.1-10.6 GHz UWB communication systems

A fully differential complementary metal oxide semiconductor （CMOS） low noise amplifier （LNA） for 3.1-10.6 GHz ultra-wideband （UWB） communication systems is presented. The LNA adopts capacitive cross-coupling common-gate （CG） topology to achieve wideband input matching and low noise figure （NF）. Inductive series-peaking is used for the LNA to obtain broadband flat gain in the whole 3.1-10.6 GHz band. Designed in 0.18 um CMOS technology, the LNA achieves an NF of 3.1-4.7 dB, an Sll of less than -10 dB, an S21 of 10.3 dB with ±0.4 dB fluctuation, and an input 3rd interception point （IIP3） of -5.1 dBm, while the current consumption is only 4.8 mA from a 1.8 V power supply. The chip area of the LNA is 1×0.94 mm^2.     

A 6-9 GHz 5-band CMOS synthesizer for MB-OFDM UWB

An ultra-wideband frequency synthesizer is designed to generate carrier frequencies for 5 bands distributed from 6 to 9 GHz with less than 3 ns switching time.It incorporates two phase-locked loops and one single-sideband (SSB) mixer.A 2-to-1 multiplexer with high linearity is proposed.A modified wideband SSB mixer,quadrature VCO, and layout techniques are also employed.The synthesizer is fabricated in a 0.18μm CMOS process and operates at 1.5-1.8 V while consuming 40 mA current.The measured phase noise ...     

1.5GHz CMOSECL输入接口的设计与测试

对一种高速CMOS ECL输入接口进行了分析研究,该接口包含一种双镜补偿的CMOS差分放大电路,采用0.18 μm CMOS工艺研制,实现了PECL电平兼容.经测试,该接口最高工作频率达1.5 GHz.     

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 low noise CMOS RF front-end for UWB 6-9 GHz applications

An integrated fully differential ultra-wideband CMOS RF front-end for 6-9 GHz is presented.A resistive feedback low noise amplifier and a gain controllable IQ merged folded quadrature mixer are integrated as the RF front-end. The ESD protected chip is fabricated in a TSMC 0.13μm RF CMOS process and achieves a maximum voltage gain of 23-26 dB and a minimum voltage gain of 16-19 dB,an averaged total noise figure of 3.3-4.6 dB while operating in the high gain mode and an in-band IIP3 of-12.6 dBm while in th...     

A 64 GHz LNA With 15.5 dB Gain and 6.5 dB NF in 90 nm CMOS

This paper presents an integrated LNA for millimeter-wave applications implemented in 90 nm CMOS technology. Modeling methodology based solely on electromagnetic simulations, RC parasitic extraction and device measurements up to 20 GHz allows for ldquocorrect-by-constructionrdquo design at mm-wave frequencies and first-pass silicon success. The dual-stage cascode LNA has a peak gain of 15.5 dB at 64 GHz with a NF of 6.5 dB, while drawing 26mA per stage from 1.65 V. Output is 3.8 dBm. At , each stage draws 19 mA, with a peak gain and a NF of 13.5 dB and 6.7 dB, respectively. Measured results are in excellent agreement with simulations, proving the effectiveness of the proposed design methodology. A custom set-up for mm-wave NF measurement is also extensively described in the paper.     

Design and optimization of CMOS LNA with ESD protection for 2.4 GHz WSN application

A new optimization method of a source inductive degenerated low noise amplifier(LNA) with electrostatic discharge protection is proposed.It can achieve power-constrained simultaneous noise and input matching. An analysis of the input impedance and the noise parameters is also given.Based on the developed method,a 2.4 GHz LNA for wireless sensor network application is designed and optimized using 0.18-μm RF CMOS technology. The measured results show that the LNA achieves a noise figure of 1.59 dB,a power gain of 14.12 dB, an input 1 dB compression point of-8 dBm and an input third-order intercept point of 1 dBm.The DC current is 4 mA under a supply of 1.8 V.