• DocumentCode
    2547236
  • Title

    Low-power Q-enhancement for parallel LC tanks

  • Author

    Townsend, Kenneth A. ; Haslett, James W.

  • Author_Institution
    TRLabs & Schulich Sch. of Eng., Calgary Univ., Alta.
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-24 May 2006
  • Lastpage
    3749
  • Abstract
    A Q-enhancement technique based on active compensation of monolithic inductors for parallel resonant LC tanks is presented. Narrowband Q-enhancement is achieved using a gyrator to produce a negative inductance and negative resistance. The circuit is optimized for low-power operation and allows DC voltage control of Q-enhancement. A simulated two-stage capacitively-coupled Butterworth filter in 0.18mum CMOS consumes 1.9mW for a center frequency of 2.45GHz and a 100MHz bandwidth. The filter figure-of-merit is 135dBHz/mW
  • Keywords
    Butterworth filters; CMOS integrated circuits; MMIC; Q-factor; UHF filters; circuit optimisation; inductors; low-power electronics; 0.18 micron; 1.9 mW; 100 MHz; 2.45 GHz; Butterworth filter; CMOS; Q-enhancement; circuit optimization; gyrator; monolithic inductors; negative inductance; negative resistance; parallel resonant LC tanks; voltage control; Active inductors; Bandwidth; Circuit simulation; Filters; Frequency; Gyrators; Inductance; Narrowband; Resonance; Voltage control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 2006. ISCAS 2006. Proceedings. 2006 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Island of Kos
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9389-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISCAS.2006.1693442
  • Filename
    1693442