Fully balanced 60 GHz LNA with 37 % bandwidth, 3.8 dB NF, 10 dB gain and constant group delay over 6 GHz bandwidth

Author

Janssen, Erwin ; Mahmoudi, Reza ; Van der Heijden, Edwin ; Sakian, Pooyan ; De Graauw, Anton ; Pijper, Ralf ; Van Roermund, Arthur

Author_Institution

Mixed-Signal Microelectron., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands

fYear

2010

Firstpage

124

Lastpage

127

Abstract

This paper presents a two-stage fully integrated 60 GHz differential Low Noise Amplifier implemented in a TSMC bulk CMOS 65 nm technology. Implementation of a voltage-voltage feedback enables the neutralization of the Miller capacitance and the achievement of flat gain with a deviation of Â± 0.25 dB over the entire 6 GHz bandwidth. It features a transducer gain (Gt) of 10 dB along with a noise figure (NF) of 3.8 dB, NF_min of 3.7 dB and a constant delay time. IIP3 is 4 dBm. It consumes 35 mW from a 1.2 V supply and only occupies 330 Ã— 170 Â¿m.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; MIMIC; capacitance; feedback; low noise amplifiers; CMOS technology; LNA; Miller capacitance; constant group delay; frequency 60 GHz; gain 10 dB; low noise amplifier; noise figure 3.8 dB; power 35 mW; voltage 1.2 V; voltage-voltage feedback; Bandwidth; CMOS technology; Capacitance; Delay; Differential amplifiers; Feedback; Gain; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise measurement; Voltage; 60 GHz; CMOS analog integrated circuits; LNA; Millimeter wave amplifiers; broadband amplifiers; transformers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF), 2010 Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5456-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMIC.2010.5422843

Filename

5422843