Title :
A 100–960MHz CMOS Ultra-wideband Low noise Amplifier
Author :
Merkin, Timothy B. ; Li, Ju-Ching ; Jung, Sungyong ; Lu, Mingyu ; Gao, Jean ; Lee, Sung Chul
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
Abstract :
This paper presents the design and simulation of a CMOS ultra-wideband low noise amplifier. The amplifier exhibits a form of thermal noise canceling with a shunt-feedback topology for operating in the band of 100-960 MHz. It was designed using the AMI C5F/N (0.5 mum) process. Thorough simulations including anticipated parasitics predict a noise figure ranging from 1.84-2.45 dB, a forward gain of 11.5plusmn0.22 dB, and input and output matching metrics (S11 and S22) below -10 dB.
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; UHF amplifiers; UHF integrated circuits; VHF amplifiers; low noise amplifiers; ultra wideband technology; AMI C5F/N process; CMOS amplifier; UHF amplifier; VHF amplifier; frequency 100 MHz to 960 MHz; gain 11.5 dB; low noise amplifier; noise figure 1.84 dB to 2.45 dB; shunt-feedback topology; size 0.5 mum; thermal noise canceling; ultrawideband amplifier; Ambient intelligence; Costs; FCC; Frequency; Ground penetrating radar; Impedance matching; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise cancellation; Pulse amplifiers; Ultra wideband technology;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2008. MWSCAS 2008. 51st Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Knoxville, TN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2166-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1548-3746
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.2008.4616756
