CMOS distributed amplifiers

Author

Ranuárez, Juan C. ; Ramadass, Yogesh K. ; Deen, M. Jamal

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ont., Canada

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

3-5 Nov. 2004

Firstpage

29

Lastpage

36

Abstract

This paper reviews the characteristics of broadband distributed amplifiers (DA) and traveling wave amplifiers (TWA) implemented in CMOS technology. The basic equations that govern the performance and design of DAs in terms of gain, bandwidth, matching and noise are summarized, as well as the implications of the use of transmission lines to replace on-chip inductors. The difficulties that arise for the implementation of passive components for DAs in conventional CMOS processes are discussed. A review of the CMOS distributed amplifier implementations reported to date is presented.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; distributed amplifiers; travelling wave amplifiers; CMOS distributed amplifiers; broadband distributed amplifiers; on-chip inductors; transmission lines; traveling wave amplifiers; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; CMOS technology; Capacitance; Cutoff frequency; Distributed amplifiers; Impedance; Inductors; Integrated circuit technology; MMICs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Devices, Circuits and Systems, 2004. Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE International Caracas Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8777-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCDCS.2004.1393348

Filename

1393348