一种高线性度CMOS有源混频器的设计

设计了一个用于数字电视ZERO-IF结构接收机射频前端的CMOS下变频混频器。基于对有源混频器的噪声机制及线性度的物理理解,对传统的有源混频器电路采用电流注入技术,实现了增益,噪声和线性度折中。电路采用UMC0.18RFCMOS工艺实现,SSB噪声系数为18dB,1/f噪声拐角频率100kHz。电压转换增益为5dB和8dB两档增益,输入1dB压缩点为0dBm,IIP3为15dBm（5dB增益）,7dBm（8dB增益）。全差分电路在1.8V供电电压下的功耗不到7mW,可以满足数字电视零中频结构射频前端对高线性度、低闪烁噪声和可变增益的要求。     

基于90nm CMOS工艺的60GHz射频接收前端电路设计

设计了一款用于中国60 GHz标准频段的射频接收前端电路。该射频接收前端采用直接变频结构,将59～64 GHz的微波信号下变频至5～10 GHz的中频信号。射频前端包括一个四级低噪声放大器和电流注入式的吉尔伯特单平衡混频器。LNA设计中考虑了ESD的静电释放路径。后仿真表明,射频接收前端的转换增益为13.5～17.5 dB,双边带噪声因子为6.4～7.8 dB,输入1 dB压缩点为-23 dBm。电路在1.2 V电源电压下功耗仅为38.4 mW。该射频接收前端电路采用IBM 90 nm CMOS工艺设计,芯片面积为0.65 mm2。     

应用于无线传感器网络低噪声放大器的设计

本文给出一种应用于无线传感器网络射频前端低噪声放大器的设计,采用SMIC0．18μmCMOS工艺模型。在CadenceSpectre仿真环境下的仿真结果表明：该低噪声放大器满足射频前端的系统要求,在2．45GHz的中心频率下增益可调,高增益时,噪声系数为2．9dB,输入P1dB压缩点为-19．8dBm,增益为20．5dB;中增益时,噪声系数为3．6dB,输入P1dB压缩点为-15．8dBm,增益为12．5dB;低增益时,噪声系数为6．0dB,输入P1dB压缩点为-16．4dB,增益为2．2dB。电路的输入输出匹配良好,在电源电压1．8V条件下,工作电流约为6mA。     

433MHz ASK接收机射频前端电路设计

设计了一款应用在433MHz ASK接收机中的射频前端电路。在考虑了封装以及ESD保护电路的寄生效应的同时,从噪声、匹配、增益和线性度等方面详细讨论了低噪声放大器和下混频器的电路设计。采用0.18μm CMOS工艺,在1.8V的电源电压下射频前端电路消耗电流10.09 mA。主要的测试结果如下:低噪声放大器的噪声系数、增益、输入P1dB压缩点分别为1.35 dB、17.43 dB、-8.90dBm;下混频器的噪声系数、电压增益、输入P1dB压缩点分别为7.57dB、10.35dB、-4.83dBm。     

低噪声和高增益CMOS下变频混频器设计

设计并实现了一个用于GPS接收机射频前端的CMOS下变频混频器.基于对有源混频器的噪声机制的物理理解,电路中采用了噪声消除技术,以减少Gilbert型混频器中开关管的闪烁噪声,并引入一个额外的电感与开关对共源节点的寄生电容谐振,改善整个电路的噪声系数和转换增益等关键性能指标.电路采用TSMC 0.25 μm RF CMOS工艺实现,SSB噪声系数为7 dB,电压转换增益为10.4 dB,输入1 dB压缩点为-22 dBm,且输入阻抗匹配良好,输入反射系数为-17.8 dB.全差分电路在2.5 V供电电压下的功耗为10 mW,可满足GPS接收机射频前端对低噪声、高增益的要求.     

一种新型超高频射频识别射频前端电路设计

设计了一种低功耗高线性度的新型超高频射频识别射频前端电路.在LNA的设计中,通过在输入端采用二阶交调电流注入结构以提高线性度,在输出端采用开关电容结构以实现工作频率可调;在混频器的设计中,在输入端采用同LNA相同的方法以提高线性度,而在输出端采用动态电流注入结构以降低噪声.该电路采用0.18μmCMOS工艺,供电电压为1.2V,仿真结果如下:输入阻抗S11为-23.98dB,IIP3为5.05dBm,整个射频前端电路的增益为10dB.     

基于LTCC技术的WLAN射频前端的研制

采用低温共烧陶瓷(LTCC)集成技术,设计和制作了具有立体化新型结构的无线局域网(WLAN)射频前端,并对制得的产品模块进行了测试。结果表明:采用LTCC技术制得的WLAN射频前端的外形尺寸仅为29 mm×18 mm×5 mm,远小于传统同类型WLAN射频前端的尺寸。在2.4～2.5 GHz的工作频率范围内,所制WLAN射频前端的最大输出功率为27 dBm,噪声系数小于1.7 dB,接收增益大于15 dB,发射增益大于20 dB。     

应用于SC-UWB收发机的CMOS射频接收前端电路设计

设计了应用于单载波超宽带（SC-UWB）无线收发机中的CMOS射频接收前端电路. 该前端电路采用直接变频结构,包含一个差分低噪声放大器（LNA）、一个正交混频器和两个中频放大器。其中,LNA采用源级电感负反馈结构.首先给出了该类型LNA中输入匹配带宽关于栅源电容、工作频率及匹配目标值的表达式 然后考虑到栅极片上电感、键合电感及其精度,提出了在增益和功耗约束下的噪声因子优化策略。该LNA利用两级放大级的不同谐振点实现了7.1~8.1GHz频段上的平坦增益,并具有两种增益模式来改善接收机动态范围. 正交混频器采用折叠式双平衡吉尔伯特结构. 该射频前端电路采用TSMC0.18um RF CMOS工艺设计,芯片面积为1.43 mm2. 在高、低增益模式下,测得的最大转换增益分别为42dB和22dB,输入1dB压缩点为-40dBm和-20dBm,S11低于-18dB和-14.5dB,中频3dB带宽大于500MHz. 高增益模式下双边带噪声因子为4.7dB. 整个电路在1.8V供电电压下功耗为65mW。     

一款应用于GPS的CMOS低功耗高增益LNA

针对当前应用于GPS射频前端的LNA存在的不足,设计了一种新型的LNA.从电路结构、噪声匹配、线性度、阻抗匹配、电压增益以及功耗等方面详细讨论了该低噪声放大器的设计.电路采用CMOS 0.18μm工艺实现,经过测试,低噪声放大器的增益为40.8dB,噪声系数为0.525dB,PldB为-29.5dBm,1.8V电压下的消耗电流仅为1.4mA.电路性能充分满足应用要求.     

应用于S波段AESA的射频收发前端设计

采用0．18μm Si RFCMOS工艺设计了应用于s波段AESA的高集成度射频收发前端芯片。系统由发射与接收前端组成,包括低噪声放大器、混频器、可变增益放大器、驱动放大器和带隙基准电路。后仿真结果表明,在3．3V电源电压下,发射前端工作电流为85mA,输出ldB压缩点为5．0dBm,射频输出在2～3．5GHz频带内电压增益为6．3～9．2dB,噪声系数小于14．5dB;接收前端工作电流为50mA,输入1dB压缩点为-5．6dBm,射频输入在2～3．5GHz频带内电压增益为12—14．5dB,噪声系数小于11dB;所有端口电压驻波比均小于1．8：芯片面积1．8×2．6mm0。     

3.6 mw low power wireless RF receiver front end using creative current recycle technique

This paper presents the design of low noise amplifier and mixer (LIXER) circuit for wireless receiver front ends using 65 nm CMOS technology. The circuit is implemented with CMOS transistors and uses 65 nm CMOS process. Proposed LIXER circuit achieves a maximum gain of 25 dB and DSB noise figure of 3.5 dB. In the given circuit, current shunt paths had created by using LC tank circuit with transistors Q5 and Q6. By using the creative current recycle technique circuit consumes 3.6 mW power with 1.2 V power supply. The operating frequency of the proposed structure is 2.4 GHz with 25 dB conversion gain and ?13 dBm IIP3. The operating of the receiver front end is 2.4 GHz is used for IEEE 802.11a WLAN, Bluetooth, and ZigBee applications.     

Tunable X band GaAs f.e.t. amplifier

The design of a frequency-tunable X band amplifier using GaAs Schottky field-effect transistors is described. By using a broadband input matching circuit and a frequency-tunable output matching circuit, the gain of 7±0.5 dB obtained from a single-stage amplifier may be varied from 8 to 10 GHz, with corresponding terminal v.s.w.r.s, over any 600 MHz band width, better than 2:1. A single-stage amplifier gives a noise figure of 4.7 dB with a gain of 5.8 dB, and a 2-stage amplifier a 6.0 dB noise figure with 12.5 dB power gain.     

具有30dB增益和1-16GHz带宽的CMOS低噪声中频放大器

This paper presents a high-gain wideband low-noise IF amplifier aimed for the ALMA front end system using 90-nm LP CMOS technology.A topology of three optimized cascading stages is proposed to achieve a flat and wideband gain.Incorporating an input inductor and a gate-inductive gain-peaking inductor,the active shunt feedback technique is employed to extend the matching bandwidth and optimize the noise figure.The circuit achieves a flat gain of 30.5 dB with 3 dB bandwidth of 1-16 GHz and a minimum noise figure of 3.76 dB.Under 1.2 V supply voltage,the proposed IF amplifier consumes 42 mW DC power.The chip die including pads takes up 0.53 mm~2,while the active area is only 0.022 mm~2.     

Concurrent design of Schottky diode limiter and LNA

In this paper concurrent design of Schottky diode based limiter and low noise amplifier (LNA), based on noise matching, is investigated to achieve minimum noise figure (NF) of the receiver chain. In design procedure of the LNA, the noise figure is minimum, gain at central frequency is 14.5 dB, and limiter structure tolerates up to 5 W continuous wave input power. In the proposed concurrent design, a pass-band filter is applied at the LNA output to attenuate undesired out-of-band signals. In the proposed design, the limiter-LNA is implemented with a 0.25 µm gate length AlGaAs/InGaAs pHEMT process. Measured noise figure of chain is 2.7 dB and average gain over 8.5–9.5 GHz frequency range and the gain at 9 GHz center frequency are 10 dB and 14.5 dB respectively. The performance results of proposed matching network are compared with traditional 50 Ω matching networks in limiter-LNA with identical circuit specifications.

     

A low supply voltage SiGe LNA for ultra-wideband frontends

A low-power low-noise amplifier (LNA) for ultra-wideband (UWB) radio systems is presented. The microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) has been fabricated using a commercial 0.25-/spl mu/m silicon-germanium (SiGe) bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS) technology. The amplifier uses peaking and feedback techniques to optimize its gain, bandwidth and impedance matching. It operates from 3.4 to 6.9GHz, which corresponds with the low end of the available UWB radio spectrum. The LNA has a peak gain of 10dB and a noise figure less than 5dB over the entire bandwidth. The circuit consumes only 3.5mW using a 1-V supply voltage. A figure of merit (FoM) for LNAs considering bandwidth, gain, noise, power consumption, and technology is proposed. The realized LNA circuit is compared with other recently published low-power LNA designs and shows the highest reported FoM.     

抗干扰导航接收机射频前端线性度优化设计

针对干扰条件下无自动增益控制(AGC)电路的卫星导航接收机射频前端的设计,在给定A/D采样芯片和混频器的条件下,根据抗干扰需求,提出了线性度指标的优化设计方法,得出了各级电路的增益、1dB压缩点、三阶交调截点和噪声系数的求解方法,以此指导器件选型。根据此优化设计方法,设计了某卫星导航系统的一种接收机射频前端,达到预期抗干扰效果,证明此方法有效可行。     

12~18 GHz GaAs MMIC低噪声放大器设计

采用GaAs工艺设计了一个12~18 GHz毫米波单片集成电路(MMIC)低噪声放大器(LNA)。采用三级单电源供电放大结构,运用最小噪声匹配设计、共轭匹配技术和负反馈结构,同时满足了噪声系数、增益平坦度和输出功率等要求。仿真表明：在12~18 GHz的工作频带内,噪声系数为1.15~1.41 dB,增益为27.9~29.1 dB,输出1 dB压缩点达到15 dBm,输入、输出电压驻波比(VSWR)系数小于1.72。     

A 0.18μm CMOS 3-5 GHz broadband flat gain low noise amplifier

A 3-5 GHz broadband flat gain differential low noise amplifier (LNA) is designed for the impulse radio uitra-wideband (IR-UWB) system. The gain-flatten technique is adopted in this UWB LNA. Serial and shunt peaking techniques are used to achieve broadband input matching and large gain-bandwidth product (GBW). Feedback networks are introduced to further extend the bandwidth and diminish the gain fluctuations. The prototype is fabricated in the SMIC 0.18 μm RF CMOS process. Measurement results show a 3-dB gain bandwidth of 2.4-5.5 GHz with a maximum power gain of 13.2 dB. The excellent gain flatness is achieved with ±0.45 dB gain fluctuations across 3-5 GHz and the minimum noise figure (NF) is 3.2 dB over 2.5-5 GHz. This circuit also shows an excellent input matching characteristic with the measured S11 below-13 dB over 2.9-5.4 GHz. The input-referred 1-dB compression point (IPldB) is -11.7 dBm at 5 GHz. The differential circuit consumes 9.6 mA current from a supply of 1.8 V.