A compact 24–54 GHz CMOS band-pass distributed amplifier for high fractional bandwidth signal amplification

Author

Bhagavatula, Vijayakumar ; Taghivand, Mazhareddin ; Rudell, J.C.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

1-3 June 2014

Firstpage

71

Lastpage

74

Abstract

This paper describes a compact 24-54 GHz two-stage band-pass distributed amplifier (BPDA) utilizing dual mirror-symmetric Norton transformations to reduce inductor component values allowing an area-efficient layout. The BPDA, implemented in a 40nm CMOS process, occupies an active area of 0.15mm², has a 77% fractional-bandwidth, an overall gain of 7dB, a minimum in-band IIP3 of 11dBm, inband noise-figure less than 6.2dB while consuming 34mA from a 1V supply.

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; MMIC amplifiers; amplification; distributed amplifiers; field effect MIMIC; inductors; millimetre wave amplifiers; mirrors; BPDA; CMOS two-stage band-pass distributed amplifier; area-efficient layout; current 34 mA; dual Norton transformation; frequency 24 GHz to 54 GHz; gain 7 dB; high fractional bandwidth signal amplification; inductor component reduction; size 40 nm; voltage 1 V; Band-pass filters; CMOS integrated circuits; Distributed amplifiers; Impedance; Inductance; Inductors; Transforms; Norton transform; coplanar waveguide; distributed amplifier; wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Tampa, FL

ISSN

1529-2517

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3862-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.2014.6851661

Filename

6851661