Title :
Robust 3GHz CMOS low noise amplifier adapted for RFID receivers
Author :
Ramaswamy, Varun V. ; Agarwal, Manjari ; Sridhar, Ramalingam
Author_Institution :
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo (SUNY), New York 14260, USA
Abstract :
A 3GHz source degenerated low noise amplifier (LNA), is developed to support a Radio Frequency Identifier (RFID) receiver in a variation tolerant environment. The standard LNA design was adapted for this purpose and was designed for 180nm CMOS process. The amplifier provides a forward gain (S21) of 12.27dB with a Noise Figure (NF) of 1.81dB, while drawing a power of 8mW from a 1.5V supply. We also present a reliability analysis of the effect of process variations on circuit performance. Monte Carlo (MC) simulations were used to verify these effects on the NF and Stability factor (Kf) of the LNA. The resulting spread obtained shows robustness to process parameter variations.
Keywords :
CMOS process; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise measurement; Noise robustness; Power amplifiers; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Radiofrequency identification; Receivers; Working environment noise; CMOS Low Noise Amplifier(LNA); Monte Carlo Methods; RFID;
Conference_Titel :
SOC Conference, 2007 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Hsin Chu, Taiwan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1592-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1593-9
DOI :
10.1109/SOCC.2007.4545434
