A CMOS MedRadio receiver RF front-end with complementary current-reuse LNA for biomedical applications

Author

Cha, Hyouk- Kyu ; Raja, M. Kumarasamy ; Yuan, Xiaojun ; Je, Minkyu

Author_Institution

Inst. of Microelectron., A*STAR (Agency for Sci., Technol. & Res.), Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2010

fDate

8-10 Nov. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

An ultra-low-power 401-406 MHz Medical Device Radiocommunication Service (MedRadio) receiver RF front-end for biomédical telemetry applications is implemented using 0.18-μm CMOS technology with a 1-V supply voltage. The receiver RF front-end employs the proposed complementary current-reuse low-noise amplifier (CCRLNA) which shows enhanced noise and linearity performance in comparison to the well-known source degeneration cascode LNA at equal power consumption and design conditions. The RF front-end including the proposed CCRLNA, transconductor, I/Q folded mixer, and LO buffers achieves a conversion gain of 28.7 dB, NF of 5.5 dB, and IIP3 of -25 dBm while consuming less than 500μ W from a 1-V supply voltage and occupying 0.7mm² of core die area.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; biomedical telemetry; low noise amplifiers; mixers (circuits); radiocommunication; CCRLNA; CMOS technology; I/Q folded mixer; MedRadio receiver; Medical Device Radiocommunication Service; RF front-end; biomedical telemetry; complementary current-reuse LNA; frequency 401 MHz to 406 MHz; gain 28.7 dB; low-noise amplifier; noise figure 5.5 dB; size 0.18 mum; transconductor; voltage 1 V; Conferences; Solid state circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), 2010 IEEE Asian

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8300-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASSCC.2010.5716555

Filename

5716555