• DocumentCode
    2871149
  • Title

    A 10dB 44GHz Loss-Compensated CMOS Distributed Amplifier

  • Author

    Moez, Kambiz ; Elmasry, Mohamed

  • Author_Institution
    Waterloo Univ., Ont.
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    11-15 Feb. 2007
  • Firstpage
    548
  • Lastpage
    621
  • Abstract
    An 8-stage distributed amplifier (DA) suitable for 40Gb/s optical communication is implemented in a 0.13mum CMOS process. The losses of on-chip transmission lines are compensated by active negative resistors. The DA achieves a flat gain of 10dB from DC to 44GHz with an input and output matching better than -8dB. The core DA and loss compensation circuitry dissipate 44mW and 59mW, respectively.
  • Keywords
    CMOS analogue integrated circuits; distributed amplifiers; integrated circuit interconnections; millimetre wave amplifiers; optical communication; transmission lines; 0.13 micron; 10 dB; 40 Gbits/s; 44 GHz; 44 mW; 59 mW; CMOS distributed amplifier; CMOS process; active negative resistors; loss compensation circuitry; on-chip transmission lines; optical communication; Bandwidth; CMOS technology; Capacitors; Circuits; Distributed amplifiers; Frequency; Impedance; Inductors; Resistors; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2007. ISSCC 2007. Digest of Technical Papers. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    0193-6530
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0853-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0193-6530
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSCC.2007.373537
  • Filename
    4242508