A two-stage cascode CMOS LNA for UWB wireless systems

Author

Maxwell, David ; Jung, Sungyong ; Doh, Heechan ; Gao, Jean ; Joo, Youngjoong

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas Univ., Arlington, TX

fYear

2005

fDate

7-10 Aug. 2005

Firstpage

627

Abstract

Ultra-wideband (UWB) is a promising new technology with great potential for short-range ultra-high-speed wireless communication systems. In this paper, a low noise amplifier (LNA) with broadband matching using a resonant circuit that has excellent gain flatness in the frequency range of 3 GHz to 6 GHz is designed for UWB applications. The TSMC 0.18 mum RF CMOS technology was used for simulation. Thus the final design does not require any off-chip components, being fully integrated. The LNA presented utilizes feedback and is composed of two cascode stages for the purpose of controlling both gain and noise. This paper describes the design approaches as well as the simulation results of the broadband LNA

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; circuit feedback; integrated circuit design; low noise amplifiers; microwave amplifiers; ultra wideband communication; 0.18 micron; 3 to 6 GHz; CMOS low noise amplifier; RF CMOS technology; broadband low noise amplifier; broadband matching; resonant circuit; short range wireless communication; two stage cascode low noise amplifier; ultra high-speed wireless communication; ultra wideband wireless systems; Broadband amplifiers; CMOS technology; Circuit noise; Integrated circuit technology; Low-noise amplifiers; RLC circuits; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Ultra wideband technology; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2005. 48th Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

Covington, KY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9197-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.2005.1594179

Filename

1594179