Design of Wide Band PVGA for UWB applications

Author

Abdel-Hafez, I.L. ; Khalaf, Y.A. ; Farag, F.A.

Author_Institution

Zagazig Univ., Zagazig, Egypt

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A large dynamic range Programmable Variable Gain Amplifier (PVGA) suitable for Ultra Wide Band (UWB) applications is presented. The PVGA is composed of three variable gain amplifier stages followed by an output buffer. Such wide bandwidth allows our proposed PVGA to be used in multi-standard protocols. Power reduction is developed for the variable gain amplifier stages. The PVGA circuit is designed and simulated in a 0.13 um IBM-CMOS technology; it consumes 21 mA from a 1.5 V supply. The PVGA achieves 46 dB maximum gain with 48 dB gain dynamic range, a -43 dB THD at peak-to-peak differential output voltage of 800 mV and frequency 400 MHz. Moreover; the proposed circuit reports a good noise performance; the average integrated noise is 141 nV/vHz at minimum gain of -2 dB.

Keywords

ultra wideband communication; wideband amplifiers; IBM-CMOS technology; UWB applications; circuit; current 21 mA; frequency 400 MHz; gain 46 dB; integrated noise; large dynamic range programmable variable gain amplifier; loss 2 dB; loss 43 dB; multistandard protocols; output buffer; power reduction; size 0.13 mum; ultra wide band applications; voltage 1.5 V; voltage 800 mV; Bandwidth; CMOS integrated circuits; Gain; Gain control; Noise; Resistance; Transistors; Automatic Gain Control (AGC); Buffer; CMOS Analog Integrated Circuits; Digitally-controlled Variable Gain Amplifier (DVGA); Low Voltage; Programmable Variable Gain Amplifier (PVGA); Variable Gain Amplifier (VGA); Wide Bandwidth;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Communications and Photonics Conference (SIECPC), 2011 Saudi International

Conference_Location

Riyadh

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0068-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0067-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIECPC.2011.5876690

Filename

5876690