Fast power switching low-noise amplifier for 6–10 GHz ultra-wideband applications

Author

Benamor, I. ; Dehaese, Nicolas ; Gaubert, Jean ; Bourdel, Sylvain ; Ramos, O. ; Meillere, Stephane ; Barthelemy, Herve

Author_Institution

IM2NP, Aix-Marseille Univ., Marseille, France

fYear

2013

fDate

8-11 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

759

Lastpage

762

Abstract

This work presents a novel fast switching low power low noise amplifier (LNA) for 6-10 GHz ultra wide band applications using 0.13μm CMOS process from STMicroelectronics. The LNA operates at 1.2V. It achieves a high differential voltage gain about 46 dB with 4.4dB noise figure and a power consumption of 24mW. Fast on and off power switching is achieved by using differential amplifiers with DC coupled eliminating the use of large capacitors that leads to long charging time constants. The output voltage is settled in 1.5 ns when the LNA is switched on and off. The circuit consumes only 32.4 μW of dc power when duty-cycled@100kbps allowing reducing the power consumption.

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; differential amplifiers; low noise amplifiers; low-power electronics; microwave amplifiers; ultra wideband technology; wideband amplifiers; CMOS process; LNA; STMicroelectronics; differential amplifiers; fast switching low power low noise amplifier; frequency 6 GHz to 10 GHz; high differential voltage gain; long charging time constants; noise figure 4.4 dB; power 24 mW; power 32.4 muW; size 0.13 mum; time 1.5 ns; ultra-wideband applications; voltage 1.2 V; Gain; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise figure; Power demand; Receivers; Switches; Transistors; Fast switching circuit; Low Noise Amplifier (LNA); Low consumption; Low voltage; Power management; Ultra Wide Band applications (UWB);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS), 2013 IEEE 20th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Abu Dhabi

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.2013.6815525

Filename

6815525