L波段0.9 mW CMOS LNA的分析与设计

给出了一种采用Γ型输入匹配网络的源简并共源低噪声放大器电路结构,分析了在低功耗情况下,高频寄生效应对低噪声放大器(LNA)输入阻抗及噪声特性的影响,并采用此结构设计了一款工作于L渡段的低功耗低噪声放大器.采用CMOS 0.18μm工艺,设计了完整的ESD保护电路,并进行了QFN封装.测试结果表明.在1.57 GHz工作频率下,该低噪声放大器的输入回波损耗小于-30 dB,输出回波损耗小于-14 dB,增益为15.5 dB,噪声系数(NF)为2.4 dB,输入三阶交调点(IIP3)约为-8 dBm.当工作电压为1.5 V时,功耗仅为0.9 mW.     

一种用于多模宽带无线接收机的2.1-6GHz频段锗硅BiCMOS低噪声放大器设计

本文提出了一种带ESD保护的,用于多模宽带无线接收机的锗硅BiCMOS低噪声放大器。该放大器基于0.18μm锗硅BiCMOS工艺实现,覆盖频率范围达到2.1-6GHz。经过优化噪声模型及电路分析设计,最终的测试结果表明,在整个带宽上低噪声放大器的增益达到12dB,输入三阶交调点为在6GHz处-8dBm,噪声系数为2.3～3.8dB。电路供电电压为2.5V,总功耗为8mW,ESD保护电路可以提供2kV的人体击穿模型电压。     

GaAs低噪声放大器的抗静电设计

基于提升GaAs低噪声放大器(LNA)的抗静电(ESD)能力的需求,且实现器件小型化轻量化,设计了一种S波段GaAs低噪声放大器的ESD防护电路,该电路利用1/4波长线的微波特性,通过1/4波长微带线并联在GaAs芯片的输入输出端,瞬态二极管(TVS)并联在芯片的电源端,不改变器件原有封装尺寸的条件下构成保护结构.基于ESD人体模型,运用静电模拟仪器对低噪声放大器进行了模拟试验,并对其性能进行了测试.结果表明,在6.5 mm×6.5 mm×2.4 mm的封装尺寸下,器件的抗静电能力从250 V提高到了1 000 V,在频率为2.6～3.7 GHz,带内增益大于25 dB,增益平坦度小于-±0.5 dB,噪声系数小于1.5 dB,满足高可靠领域应用的要求.     

一种共基差分低噪声放大器设计

在无线通信终端中,低噪声放大器是射频接收系统中的第一级有源电路,对系统性能有重要影响.在深入分析噪声的基础上,提出一种采用共基差分输入结构的低噪声放大器,电路包括可控增益放大器和增益控制电路.该结构的低噪声放大器的输出电压直接反映到自动增益控制电路的输入端,根据输出电压幅值的大小,自动增益控制电路的输出电压反馈到低噪声放大器的增益控制电路比较器的输入端,进而影响放大器的总体增益.基于JAZZ 0.35 μmBICMOS工艺设计放大器电路结构,并对电路进行了仿真和分析,结果表明设计的放大器可以更加有效地抑制噪声,低噪声放大器能提供25 dB的增益,噪声系数小于1 dB,灵敏度达到2μV.     

宽带低噪声放大器单片微波集成电路

从行波放大器设计理论出发,研制了一款基于低噪声GaAs赝配高电子迁移率晶体管(PHEMT)工艺设计的2~20 GHz单片微波集成电路(MMIC)宽带低噪声放大器。该款放大器由九级电路构成。为了进一步提高放大器的增益,采用了一个共源场效应管和一个共栅场效应管级联的拓扑结构,每级放大器采用自偏压技术实现单电源供电。测试结果表明,本款低噪声放大器在外加+5 V工作电压下,能够在2~20 GHz频率内实现小信号增益大于16 dB,增益平坦度小于±0.5 dB,输出P-1 dB大于14 dBm,噪声系数典型值为2.5 dB,输入和输出回波损耗均小于-15 dB,工作电流仅为63 mA,低噪声放大器芯片面积为3.1 mm×1.3 mm。     

S 频段pHEMT 双通道低噪声放大器芯片的设计

采用GaAs 0.13μmp HEMT MMIC流片工艺设计和制作了一种S频段双通道低噪声放大器芯片,芯片内部集成了两个低噪声放大器通道、一级单刀双掷(SPDT)开关和一个晶体管-晶体管逻辑(TTL)电平转换电路。低噪声放大器电路采用一级共源共栅场效应管(Cascode FET)结构实现,使其具有比单管更高的增益,简化了芯片拓扑,降低了芯片设计难度。经流片测试,在1.9~2.1GHz的工作频带内,芯片噪声系数优于1.4dB,增益大于22.5dB,输入驻波优于1.8,输出驻波优于1.4,输出1dB压缩点(P1dB)为10dBm。大量芯片样本在片测试统计数据表明该低噪声放大器成品率大于90%,性能指标优于目前同类商业芯片指标。     

一种用于超宽带接收机的CMOS可变增益低噪声放大器

本文介绍一种符合中国超宽带应用标准的工作频率范围为4.2-4.8 GHz的CMOS可变增益低噪声放大器(LNA)。文章主要描述了LNA宽带输入匹配的设计方法和低噪声性能的实现方式,提出一种3位可编程增益控制电路实现可变增益控制。该设计采用0.13-μm RF CMOS工艺流片,带有ESD引脚的芯片总面积为0.9平方毫米。使用1.2 V直流供电,芯片共消耗18 mA电流。测试结果表明,LNA最小噪声系数为2.3 dB,S(1,1)小于-9 dB,S(2,2)小于-10 dB。最大和最小功率增益分别为28.5 dB和16 dB,共设有4档可变增益,每档幅度为4 dB。同时,输入1 dB压缩点是-10 dBm,输入三阶交调为-2 dBm。     

220GHz低噪声放大器研究

基于IHP锗硅BiCMOS工艺,研究和实现了两种220 GHz低噪声放大器电路,并将其应用于220 GHz太赫兹无线高速通信收发机电路。一种是220 GHz四级单端共基极低噪声放大电路,每级电路采用了共基极（Common Base, CB）电路结构,利用传输线和金属-绝缘体-金属(Metal-Insulator-Metal, MIM)电容等无源电路元器件构成输入、输出和级间匹配网络。该低噪放电源的电压为1.8 V,功耗为25 mW,在220 GHz频点处实现了16 dB的增益,3 dB带宽达到了27 GHz。另一种是220 GHz四级共射共基差分低噪声放大电路,每级都采用共射共基的电路结构,放大器利用微带传输线和MIM电容构成每级的负载、Marchand-Balun、输入、输出和级间匹配网络等。该低噪放电源的电压为3 V,功耗为234 mW,在224 GHz频点实现了22 dB的增益,3 dB带宽超过6 GHz。这两个低噪声放大器可应用于220 GHz太赫兹无线高速通信收发机电路。     

一种新型的高增益超宽带低噪声放大器

文中提出了一种采用增益提高技术的超宽带低噪声放大器(LNA)。为了通过提高电路的输出阻抗,进而实现改善电路增益的目的,该LNA包含了两级共射共基放大器电路,并在共基晶体管基极引入电感。基于0.13μm SiGe BiCMOS工艺对其进行设计,实现了超宽的31GHz~42GHz的工作频率,增益为20.1dB~30.7dB,噪声系数为1.19dB~1.31dB,并且在1.8V单电源电压供电情况下,消耗的功耗为13.2mW。     

一种低噪声高共模抑制比运算放大器的分析与设计

低噪声高共模抑制比的运算放大器是将套筒式共源共栅结构、差分输出和共模负反馈相结合,设计出的一种新型运算放大器.基于SMIC0.18 μm工艺模型对电路进行设计,仿真结果表明该电路的开环增益为82.3 dB,相位裕度为66°,共模抑制比为122 dB,增益平坦带宽为15 MHz,噪声为7.781 nV/sqrt （Hz）,达到设计要求.     

A High Gain and Low Supply Voltage LNA for the Direct Conversion Application With 4-KV HBM ESD Protection in 90-nm RF CMOS

A 2.4-GHz low noise amplifier (LNA) for the direct conversion application with high power gain, low supply voltage and plusmn4 KV human body model (HBM) electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection level implemented by a 90-nm RF CMOS technology is demonstrated. At 12.9 mA of current consumption with a supply voltage of 1.0 V, the LNA delivers a power gain of 21.9 dB and the noise figure (NF) of 3.2 dB, while maintaining the input and output return losses below -11 dB and -18.3 dB, respectively. The power gain and NF are only 0.2 dB lower and 0.64 dB higher than those of LNA without ESD protection     

一种可切换的双频段CMOS低噪声放大器

基于0.18μm RF CMOS工艺,设计了一种可切换的双频段CMOS低噪声放大器,其输入输出均匹配到50Ω。加入封装、ESD电路和PAD模型,采用Cadence Spectre RF进行仿真。结果显示,在1.8 V工作电压下,1.575 GHz输入时,LNA的噪声系数、功率增益和偏置电流分别为0.9 dB、18.2 dB和5.7 mA;1.2 GHz输入时,LNA的噪声系数、功率增益和偏置电流分别为0.8dB、16.8 dB和5.3 mA。     

带有ESD保护,900MHz/2.4GHz Dual-Band CMOS LNA的设计

设计了一个可以同时工作在900 MHz和2.4 GHz的双频带(Dual-Band)低噪声放大器(LNA).相对于使用并行(parallel)结构LNA的双频带解决方案,同时工作(concurrent)结构的双频带LNA更能节省面积和减少功耗.此LNA在900MHz和2.4 GHz两频带同时提供窄带增益和良好匹配.该双频带LNA使用TSMC 0.25 μm 1P5M RF CMOS工艺.工作在900MHz时,电压增益、噪声系数(Noise Figure)分别是21 dB、2.9 dB;工作在2.4 GHz时,电压增益、噪声系数分别是25dB、2.8 dB,在电源电压为2.5 V时,该LNA的功耗为12.5mW,面积为1.1mm×0.9 mm.使用新颖的静电防护(ESD)结构使得在外围PAD上的保护二极管面积仅为8 μm×8 μm时,静电防护能力可达2 kV(人体模型)     

Design and Analysis for a 60-GHz Low-Noise Amplifier With RF ESD Protection

An RF electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection for millimeter-wave (MMW) regime applied to a 60-GHz low-noise amplifier (LNA) in mixed-signal and RF purpose 0.13-$mu{hbox{m}}$ CMOS technology is demonstrated in this paper. The measured results show that this chip achieves a small signal gain of 20.4 dB and a noise figure (NF) of 8.7 dB at 60 GHz with 65-mW dc power consumption. Without ESD protection, the LNA exhibits a gain of 20.2 dB and an NF of 7.2 dB at 60 GHz. This ESD protection using an impedance isolation method to minimize the RF performance degradation sustains 6.5-kV voltage level of the human body model on the diode and 1.5 kV on the core circuit, which is much higher than that without ESD protection ( $≪$350 V). To our knowledge, this is the first CMOS LNA with RF ESD protection in the MMW regime and has the highest operation frequency reported to date.      

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.     

A 2.1-6 GHz SiGe BiCMOS low-noise amplifier design for a multi-mode wideband receiver

A wideband low-noise amplifier (LNA) with ESD protection for a multi-mode receiver is presented.The LNA is fabricated in a 0.18-μm SiGe BiCMOS process,covering the 2.1 to 6 GHz frequency band.After optimized noise modeling and circuit design,the measured results show that the LNA has a 12 dB gain over the entire bandwidth,the input third intercept point (IIP3) is -8 dBm at 6 GHz,and the noise figure is from 2.3 to 3.8 dB in the operating band.The overall power consumption is 8 mW at 2.5 V voltage supply.     

A 5-GHz fully integrated ESD-protected low-noise amplifier in 90-nm RF CMOS

A fully integrated 5-GHz low-power ESD-protected low-noise amplifier (LNA), designed and fabricated in a 90-nm RF CMOS technology, is presented. This 9.7-mW LNA features a 13.3-dB power gain at 5.5 GHz with a noise figure of 2.9 dB, while maintaining an input return loss of -14 dB. An on-chip inductor, added as "plug-and-play," i.e., without altering the original LNA design, is used as ESD protection for the RF pins to achieve sufficient ESD protection. The LNA has an ESD protection level up to 1.4 A transmission line pulse (TLP) current, corresponding to 2-kV Human Body Model (HBM) stress. Experimental results show that only minor RF performance degradation is observed by adding the inductor as a bi-directional ESD protection device to the reference LNA.     

Design of an L1 band low noise single-chip GPS receiver in 0.18 μm CMOS technology

This article presents an L1 band low noise integrated global positioning system(GPS)receiver chip using 0.18 μm CMOS technology.Dual-conversion with a low-IF architecture was used for this GPS receiver.The receiver is composed of low noise amplifier(LNA),down-conversion mixers,band pass filter,received signal strength indicator,variable gain amplifier,programmable gain amplifier,ADC,PLL frequency synthesizer and other key blocks.The receiver achieves a maximum gain of 105 dB and noise figure less than 6 dB.The variable gain amplifier(VGA)and programmable gain amplifier(PGA)provide gain control dynamic range over 50 dB.The receiver consumes less than 160 mW from a 1.8 V supply while occupying a 2.9 mm2chip area including the ESD I/O pads.     

CMOS宽带可编程增益低噪声放大器

给出了一种可应用于中国移动多媒体广播(CMMB)调谐器的宽带(470~860 MHz)可编程增益低噪声放大器。该电路在UMC 0.18μm RF CMOS工艺下实现,芯片面积为0.37 mm2(不包括ESD pad)。芯片测试结果表明,在1.8 V的电源电压下功耗为30.2 mW,该电路可实现-6.8~32.4 dB的增益动态变化范围,0.5 dB步长,最高增益下单端信号噪声系数小于3.8 dB。     

A 1.2 V Reactive-Feedback 3.1–10.6 GHz Low-Noise Amplifier in 0.13 μm CMOS

A 15.1 dB gain, 2.1 dB (min.) noise figure low-noise amplifier (LNA) fabricated in 0.13 mum CMOS operates across the entire 3.1-10.6 GHz ultrawideband (UWB). Noise figure variation over the band is limited to 0.43 dB. Reactive (transformer) feedback reduces the noise figure, stabilizes the gain, and sets the terminal impedances over the desired bandwidth. It also provides a means of separating ESD protection circuitry from the RF input path. Bias current-reuse limits power consumption of the 0.87mm² IC to 9 mW from a 1.2 V supply. Comparable measured results are presented from both packaged and wafer probed test samples