• DocumentCode
    2730231
  • Title

    Optimizing a low noise amplifier for UMTS standard through a heuristic

  • Author

    Boughariou, M. ; Fakhfakh, M. ; Ben Amor, M. ; Loulou, M. ; Cooren, Y. ; Siarry, P.

  • Author_Institution
    LETI, Nat. Eng. Sch. of Sfax, Sfax
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    10-11 July 2008
  • Firstpage
    97
  • Lastpage
    100
  • Abstract
    This paper presents an approach of optimization to design and to size a low noise amplifier for the UMTS standard, using 0.35 mum CMOS technology. At 2.14 GHz, the LNA exhibits a voltage gain of 14.63 dB, a noise figure of 0.63 dB, and a 1 dB compression point of 0.12 dBm.
  • Keywords
    3G mobile communication; CMOS integrated circuits; UHF amplifiers; circuit optimisation; low noise amplifiers; CMOS technology; UHF amplifier; UMTS standard; frequency 2.14 GHz; gain 14.63 dB; heuristic; low noise amplifier; noise figure 0.63 dB; optimization; size 0.35 mum; 3G mobile communication; Circuit noise; Design optimization; Impedance matching; Low pass filters; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise figure; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems for Communications, 2008. ECCSC 2008. 4th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Bucharest
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2419-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2420-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECCSC.2008.4611654
  • Filename
    4611654