A Sub 1V CMOS LNA dedicated to 802.11b/g applications with self-test & high reliability capabilities

Author

Cimino, Mikael ; Lapuyade, Hervé ; De Matos, Magali ; Taris, Thierry ; Deval, Yann ; Bégueret, Jean Baptiste

Author_Institution

Univ. of Bordeaux 1, Talence

fYear

2007

fDate

3-5 June 2007

Firstpage

343

Lastpage

346

Abstract

A low noise amplifier designed in a 0.13 mum CMOS technology, which has self-test and high reliability capabilities, is presented. Such a LNA could be used in the design of front-end of critical nodes in wireless local area networks to ensure the data transmission. The test of the LNA is based on a built-in self test methodology that permits to monitor its behavior and its reliability is ensured by the use of redundancies. The LNA works under a 0.9 V supply voltage and the test chip has characteristics suitable for 802.11 b/g applications. Parametric faults are injected and detected that demonstrate the efficiency of the BIST circuitry. Switching on each redundant block has proven that the LNA keeps its performances.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; UHF integrated circuits; VLSI; application specific integrated circuits; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit reliability; integrated circuit testing; low noise amplifiers; wireless LAN; BIST circuitry; CMOS LNA; CMOS VLSI; CMOS technology; RF low noise amplifier; built-in self test methodology; data transmission; parametric faults; reliability; self-test capability; size 0.13 mum; wireless local area networks; Automatic testing; Built-in self-test; CMOS technology; Circuit testing; Data communication; Low-noise amplifiers; Monitoring; Redundancy; Voltage; Wireless LAN; Built-In Current Sensor; Built-In Self Test; CMOS VLSI; RF Low Noise Amplifier; low voltage; reliable design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2007 IEEE

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

1529-2517

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0530-0

Electronic_ISBN

1529-2517

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.2007.380897

Filename

4266445