• DocumentCode
    2159899
  • Title

    A 0.9V Low Voltage 0.13W Power Amplifier with 37% PAE at 1 GHz in Standard CMOS

  • Author

    Liebermann, Thomas ; Tiebout, Marc ; Simbürger, Werner ; Wohlmuth, Hans-Dieter ; Heinz, Alexander

  • Author_Institution
    Infineon Technologies AG, Dept. Wireless Systems, Tel: +49 89 234 45856, Fax: +49 89 234 28843, P.O. Box 800949, D-81609 Munich, Germany. e-mail: thomas.liebermann@infineon.com
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    Oct. 2000
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    This work presents the design of a monolithically integrated CMOS RF power amplifier for 0.9 - 1.1GHz operating from one single power supply voltage of 0.9V to 1.65V. The amplifier was processed in a 2.5V, 0.25¿m, 4 metal layer standard CMOS process of Infineon with fT = 40GHz. At 0.9V supply voltage an output power of 0.13W (21.2dBm) is achieved with a power added efficiency (PAE) of 37% at 1GHz. At 1.65V supply voltage, the output power is 0.41W (26.2dBm) with a PAE of 31.2% at 1GHz.
  • Keywords
    CMOS process; CMOS technology; Circuits; Inductors; Low voltage; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power supplies; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 2000. 30th European
  • Conference_Location
    Paris, France
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.2000.338631
  • Filename
    4139957