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。     

一个基于65 nm CMOS工艺具有17.3 dB增益的47-67 GHz宽带低噪声放大器

报道了一个基于65 nm CMOS工艺具有17.3 dB增益的47-67 GHz宽带低噪声放大器（LNA）。文中首先阐述了毫米波电路的特征,并讨论了其设计方法。LNA的宽带输入匹配通过源极电感退化获得,这种结构在低GHz频段为窄带匹配,但由于栅漏电容Cgd的存在,在毫米波频段其进化为宽带匹配。为了使噪声系数（NF）最小化,LNA在第一级使用了共源（CS）结构而不是cascode结构,同时文中也探讨了噪声匹配的原理。LNA的后两级使用cascode结构以提高功率增益。对共栅（CG）晶体管中栅极电感的增益提升效应进行了分析。级间T形匹配网络用来提升电路带宽。所有片上电感和传输线都在3维电磁仿真工具中建模和仿真以确保成功的设计。测试结果显示LNA在60 GHz处取得最高的 17.3 dB增益,同时3-dB带宽为20 GHz（47-67 GHz）,涵盖所需要的59-64 GHz频段,并在62 GHz取得最低的4.9 dB噪声系数。整个LNA从1.2 V电源处吸收19 mA电流,芯片包括焊盘占用面积为900×550 μm2。     

具有带外抑制特性的Ka波段低功耗低噪声放大器

基于0.15μm GaAs赝配高电子迁移率晶体管(PHEMT)工艺,成功研制了一款30~34 GHz频带内具有带外抑制特性的低功耗低噪声放大器(LNA)微波单片集成电路(MMIC)。该MMIC集成了滤波器和LNA,其中滤波器采用陷波器结构,可实现较低的插入损耗和较好的带外抑制特性;LNA采用单电源和电流复用结构,实现较高的增益和较低的功耗。测试结果表明,该MMIC芯片在30~34 GHz频带内,增益大于28 dB,噪声系数小于2.8 dB,功耗小于60 mW,在17~19 GHz频带内带外抑制比小于-35 dBc。芯片尺寸为2.40 mm×1.00 mm。该LNA MMIC可应用于毫米波T/R系统中。     

基于噪声抵消技术的超宽带低噪声放大器

实现了一款超宽带低噪声放大器( UWB LNA)。该UWB LNA由输入级、中间级和输出级组成。在输入级,采用两个共栅配置构成了噪声抵消技术,减少了噪声,在此结构基础上进一步采用了跨导增强技术,提高了增益。同时插入的电感Lin提高了LNA在宽带范围内的增益平坦度。中间级放大器,在漏极并联电感产生零点,提高了LNA的带宽。输出级为源极跟随器,较好实现了LNA的阻抗匹配。基于0.18μm TSMC CMOS工艺仿真验证表明,在4 GHz~10 GHz频带范围内,电压增益( S21)为(19.2±0.3)dB,噪声系数(NF)介于2.1 dB~2.4 dB之间,输入、输出反射系数(S11、S22)均小于-10 dB。在9 GHz时,输入三阶交调点(IIP3)达到-7 dBm。在1.8 V的电源电压下,功耗为28.6 mW。     

一种新型900MHz CMOS低噪声放大器的设计

对两种低噪声放大器(LNA)的构架进行了比较,详细推导了共源LNA的噪声系数与输入晶体管栅宽的关系及优化方法,设计了一种采用0.6 μ m标准CMOS工艺,工作于900MHz的新型差分低噪声放大器.在900MHz时,噪声系数为1.5 dB的情况下可提供22.5 dB的功率增益,-3dB带宽为1 50MHz,S11达到-38dB,消耗的电流为5mA.     

一种应用于脉冲超宽带接收机的高增益LNA

基于SMIC 0.13 μm CMOS工艺,设计了一种应用于脉冲超宽带无线通信系统接收机的高增益低噪声放大器(LNA)。该LNA工作在6~9 GHz频段,单端输入,差分输出,采用电容交叉耦合与电流复用技术提高了增益,实现了低功耗性能。仿真结果表明,LNA电路工作在7.5 GHz中心频率时,增益高达46 dB,噪声系数为3.05 dB,输入端回波损耗为－12.5 dB,输出端回波损耗为－16.7 dB,在1.2 V电源供电下的核心消耗功耗为16 mW,核心电路面积仅为0.5 mm²。     

CMOS蓝牙接收机前端的设计

采用TSMC 0.25μm CMOS工艺,设计了一个全集成2.4 GHz低中频蓝牙接收机前端,包括低噪声放大器(LNA)和混频器(Mixer)。LNA采用源极电感负反馈差分结构,混频器采用吉尔伯特(Gilbert)有源双平衡结构。在2.5 V工作电压下,整个接收机前端增益22.5 dB,噪声系数6.3 dB,三阶输入截止点-15.3 dBm,功耗38.4 mW。     

低功耗CMOS射频低噪声放大器的设计

介绍了一个针对无线通讯应用的2.1 GHz低噪声放大器(LNA)的设计.该电路采用Chartered 0.25 μm CMOS工艺,电源电压为2.5 V,设计中使用了多个电感,详述了设计过程并给出了优化仿真结果. 模拟结果显示,该电路能提供21.63 dB的正向增益(S21),功耗为12.5 mW,噪声系数为2.1 dB,1 dB压缩点为-19.054 1 dBm.芯片面积为0.8 mm×0.6 mm.测试结果达到了设计指标,一致性良好.     

低功耗高增益CMOS LNA的设计

设计了一种完全可以单片集成的低功耗高增益CMOS低噪声放大器(LNA).所有电感都采用片上螺旋电感,并实现了片上50 Ω的输入阻抗匹配.文中设计的放大器采用TSMC0.18 μmCMOS工艺,用HSPICE模拟软件对其进行了仿真,并进行了流片测试.结果表明,所设计的低噪声放大器结构简单,极限尺寸为0.18 μm,当中心频率fo为2.4 GHz、电源电压VDD为1.8 V时其功率增益S21为16.5 dB,但功耗Pd只有2.9 mW,噪声系数NF为2.4 dB,反向隔离度S12为-58 dB.由此验证了所设计的CMOS RF放大器可以在满足低噪声、低功耗、高增益的前提下向100 nm级的研发方向发展.     

1MHz～40GHz超宽带分布式低噪声放大器设计

为满足宽带系统中低噪声放大器(LNA)宽带的要求,采用0.15μm GaAs赝配高电子迁移率晶体管(PHEMT)工艺,设计了两款1 MHz^40 GHz的超宽带LNA,分别采用均匀分布式放大器结构及渐变分布式放大器结构,电路面积分别为1.8 mm×0.85 mm和1.8 mm×0.8 mm。电磁场仿真结果表明,1 MHz^40 GHz频率范围内,均匀分布式LNA增益为15.3 dB,增益平坦度为2 dB,噪声系数小于5.1 dB;渐变分布式LNA增益为14.16 dB,增益平坦度为1.74 dB,噪声系数小于3.9 dB。渐变分布式LNA较均匀分布式LNA,显著地改善了增益平坦度、噪声性能和群延时特性。     

用于无线局域网的双频段低噪声放大器

采用0.18μmCMOS工艺设计并制造了一款新型的应用于无线局域网的双频段低噪声放大器。设计中,通过切换输入电感和负载电感,来使电路分别工作在2.4GHz和5.2GHz频段。在1.8V的电源电压下,在2.4GHz和5.2GHz两个频段上,其增益分别达到了11.5dB和10.2dB,噪声系数分别是3dB和5.1dB。芯片总面积是0.9mm×0.65mm。     

基于802.11a协议的无线局域网低噪声放大器和改进的有源双平衡混频器

提出了采用0.18μm CMOS工艺,应用于802.11a协议的无线局域网接受机的低噪声放大器和改进的有源双平衡混频器的一些简单设计概念。通过在5.8 GHz上采用1.8 V供电所得到的仿真结果,低噪声放大器转换电压增益,输入反射系数,输出反射系数以及噪声系数分别为14.8 dB,-20.8 dB,-23.1 dB和1.38 dB。其功率损耗为26.3 mW。设计版图面积为0.9 mm×0.67 mm。混频器的射频频率,本振频率和中频频率分别为5.8 GHz,4.6 GHz和1.2 GHz。在5.8 GHz上,混频器的传输增益,单边带噪声系数（SSB NF）,1 dB压缩点,输入3阶截点（IIP3）以及功率损耗分别为-2.4 dB,12.1 dB,3.68 dBm,12.78 dBm和22.3 mW。设计版图面积为1.4 mm×1.1 mm。     

A Highly Linear Broadband CMOS LNA Employing Noise and Distortion Cancellation

A broadband inductorless low-noise amplifier (LNA) design that utilizes simultaneous noise and distortion cancellation is presented. Concurrent cancellation of the intrinsic third-order distortion from individual stages is exhibited with the common-gate and common-source cascade. The LNA is then limited by the second-order interaction between the common source and common gate stages, which is common in all cascade amplifiers. Further removal of this third-order distortion is achieved by incorporating a second-order-distortion-free circuit technique in the common gate stage. Implemented in 0.13 m CMOS technology, this LNA achieved 16 dBm in both the 900 MHz and 2 GHz bands. Measurements demonstrate that the LNA has a minimum internal gain of 14.5 dB, noise figure of 2.6 dB from 800 MHz to 2.1GHz while drawing 11.6 mA from 1.5 V supply voltage.     

Design of a 0.18 μm CMOS multi-band compatible low power GNSS receiver RF frontend

This paper presents the design and implementation of a fully integrated multi-band RF receiver frontend for GNSS applications on L-band.A single RF signal channel with a low-IF architecture is adopted for multi-band operation on the RF section,which mainly consists of a low noise amplifier (LNA),a down-converter,polyphase filters and summing circuits.An improved cascode source degenerated LNA with a multi-band shared off-chip matching network and band switches is implemented in the first amplifying stage.Also,a re-designed wideband double balance mixer is implemented in the down conversion stage,which provides better gain,noise figure and linearity performances.Using a TSMC 0.18μm 1P4M RF CMOS process,a compact 1.27 GHz/1.575 GHz dualband GNSS frontend is realized in the proposed low-IF topology.The measurements exhibit the gains of 45 dB and 43 dB,and noise figures are controlled at 3.35 dB and 3.9 dB of the two frequency bands,respectively.The frontend model consumes about 11.8-13.5 mA current on a 1.8 V power supply.The core occupies 1.91 × 0.53 mm2 while the total die area with ESD is 2.45 × 2.36 mm2.     

0.5 V ultra-low power wideband LNA with forward body bias technique

An ultra-low power wideband CMOS low noise amplifier (LNA) fabricated in TSMC 0.18 μm RF CMOS process for sub 1 GHz applications is presented. The capacitive cross-coupled LNA with forwardbody- bias (FBB) technique is adopted to achieve wideband input impedance matching and low power, low noise factor. The LNA is tested in the frequency range of 400?900 MHz, and exhibits a voltage gain of 18.5?20.7 dB, and a noise figure of 2.95 dB, drawing only 0.385 mW from 0.5 V power supply.     

A 0.18μm CMOS Gilbert low noise mixer with noise cancellation

正This paper presents a broadband Gilbert low noise mixer implemented with noise cancellation technique operating between 10 MHz and 0.9 GHz.The Gilbert mixer is known for its perfect port isolation and bad noise performance.The noise cancellation technique of LNA can be applied here to have a better NF.The chip is implemented in SMIC 0.18μm CMOS technology.Measurement shows that the proposed low noise mixer has a 13.7-19.5 dB voltage gain from 10 MHz to 0.9 GHz,an average noise figure of 5 dB and a minimum value of 4.3 dB.The core area is 0.6 x 0.45 mm~2.     

WLAN中带ESD保护的低噪声放大器设计

介绍了一个基于IBM0.18μmCMOS工艺,用于无线局域网(WLAN)IEEE802.11a的带ESD保护电路的低噪声放大器(LNA)。通过分析电感负反馈共源共栅放大器的输入阻抗、增益和噪声系数,以及ESD保护电路对低噪声放大器性能的影响,对该5GHz低噪声放大器进行设计和优化。测试结果表明,当电源电压为1.8V时,消耗电流为6.5mA,增益达到10dB,输入匹配达到-18dB,噪声为4.29dB,线性度IIP3为4dBm。     

A wideband LNA employing gate-inductive-peaking and noise-canceling techniques in 0.18μm CMOS

正This paper presents a wideband low noise amplifier(LNA) for multi-standard radio applications.The low noise characteristic is achieved by the noise-canceling technique while the bandwidth is enhanced by gateinductive -peaking technique.High-frequency noise performance is consequently improved by the flattened gain over the entire operating frequency band.Fabricated in 0.18μm CMOS process,the LNA achieves 2.5 GHz of -3 dB bandwidth and 16 dB of gain.The gain variation is within±0.8 dB from 300 MHz to 2.2 GHz.The measured noise figure(NF) and average HP3 are 3.4 dB and -2 dBm,respectively.The proposed LNA occupies 0.39 mm2 core chip area.Operating at 1.8 V,the LNA drains a current of 11.7 mA.     

A 0.18μm CMOS GAIN-SWITCHED LNA AND MIXER WITH LARGE DYNAMIC RANGE

A 2.4GHz 0.18μm CMOS gain-switched single-end Low Noise Amplifier(LNA) and a passive mixer with no external balun for near-zero-IF(Intermediate Frequency)/RF(Radio Frequency) applications are described.The LNA,fabricated in the 0.18μm 1P6M CMOS technology,adopts a gain-switched technique to increase the linearity and enlarge the dynamic range.The mixer is an IQ-based passive topology.Measurements of the CMOS chip are performed on the FR-4 PCB and the input is matched to 50Ω.Combining LNA and mixer,the front...     

A 0.18μm CMOS gain-switched LNA and mixer with large dynamic range

A 2.4GHz 0.18μm CMOS gain-switched single-end Low Noise Amplifier （LNA） and a passive mixer with no external balun for near-zero-IF （Intermediate Frequency）/RF （Radio Frequency） applications are described. The LNA, fabricated in the 0.18μm 1P6M CMOS technology, adopts a gain-switched technique to increase the linearity and enlarge the dynamic range. The mixer is an IQ-based passive topology. Measurements of the CMOS chip are performed on the FR-4 PCB and the input is matched to 50Ω. Combining LNA and mixer, the front-end measured performances in high gain state are： -15dB of Sll, 18.5dB of voltage gain, 4.6dB of noise figure, 15dBm of IIP3, 85dBm to -10dBm dynamic range. The full circuit drains 6mA from a 1.8V supply.