Title :
A 40 GHz, broadband, highly linear amplifier, employing T-coil bandwidth extension technique
Author :
Cheema, Hammad M. ; Mahmoudi, Reza ; Sanduleanu, M.A.T. ; Van Roermund, Arthur
Author_Institution :
Mixed-signal Microelectron. group, Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven
fDate :
June 17 2008-April 17 2008
Abstract :
This paper presents a broadband, highly linear amplifier suitable for multi-standard mm-wave applications such as car radar, LMDS and satellite return channel. It can also be utilized as an efficient wideband output buffer, for measurements of mm-wave circuit components. It exhibits a 3-dB bandwidth of 40 GHz with a pass-band gain of 6 dB. The presented amplifier is highly linear with an IP3 of +18 dBm. It has been implemented in a bulk 90 nm CMOS LP (low power) technology and consumes 3.3 mW from a 1.2 V supply.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; low-power electronics; wideband amplifiers; CMOS low power technology; T-coil bandwidth extension; broadband amplifier; linear amplifier; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Capacitance; Distributed amplifiers; Energy consumption; Frequency; Impedance; Optical amplifiers; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Transceivers; CMOS integrated circuits; T-coil; bandwidth enhancement; broadband amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, 2008. RFIC 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1808-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1529-2517
DOI :
10.1109/RFIC.2008.4561520
