A 1-V 5-GHz CMOS Multiple Magnetic Feedback Receiver Front-End

Author

Vitzilaios, Georgios ; Papananos, Yannis ; Theodoratos, Gerasimos

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens

Volume

56

Issue

6

fYear

2008

fDate

6/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1338

Lastpage

1348

Abstract

In this paper, a receiver front-end module operating at 5 GHz and suitable for low-voltage operation is presented. The design consists of a single amplifying transistor low-noise amplifier topology that utilizes multiple magnetic feedback in order to simultaneously achieve high gain and high reverse isolation. In addition, a mixer topology for optimum performance regarding gain, noise, and linearity under low-voltage operation is presented. The design has been fabricated in IBM´s 0.13-mum CMOS technology, and the measured performance indicates a receiver conversion gain of 22.3 dB, a noise figure of 2.64 dB, and a third-order input intercept point of .

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; mixers (circuits); receivers; CMOS analog circuits; frequency 5 GHz; low-voltage operation; mixer topology; multiple magnetic feedback; receiver front-end module; size 0.13 mum; transistor; voltage 1 V; CMOS analog circuits; linearization techniques; low-noise amplifier (LNA); mixer design; receiver topology;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMTT.2008.921752

Filename

4511512