• DocumentCode
    1172773
  • Title

    40-Gb/s amplifier and ESD protection circuit in 0.18-μm CMOS technology

  • Author

    Galal, Sherif ; Razavi, Behzad

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    2389
  • Lastpage
    2396
  • Abstract
    A triple-resonance LC network increases the bandwidth of cascaded differential pairs by a factor of 2√3, yielding a 40-Gb/s CMOS amplifier with a gain of 15 dB and a power dissipation of 190 mW from a 2.2-V supply. An ESD protection circuit employs negative capacitance along with T-coils and pn junctions to operate at 40 Gb/s while tolerating 700-800 V.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; coils; electrostatic discharge; resonance; wideband amplifiers; 0.18 micron; 15 dB; 190 mW; 2.2 V; 700 to 800 V; CMOS technology; ESD protection circuit; T-coil; broadband amplifier; distributed amplifier; inductive peaking; negative capacitance; resonant circuits; triple-resonance LC network; Bandwidth; CMOS technology; Capacitance; Circuits; Differential amplifiers; Electrostatic discharge; Gain; Power amplifiers; Power dissipation; Protection; 65; Broadband amplifiers; ESD; T-coils; distributed amplifiers; inductive peaking; resonant circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9200
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JSSC.2004.835639
  • Filename
    1362847