A 2.4Vp-p output, 0.045-32.5 GHz CMOS Distributed Amplifier

Author

Aguirre, Jorge ; Plett, Calvin ; Schvan, Peter

Author_Institution

Carleton Univ., Ottawa

fYear

2007

fDate

3-5 June 2007

Firstpage

427

Lastpage

430

Abstract

This paper describes a single-ended five-stage CMOS distributed amplifier employing m-derived filter sections in the artificial transmission lines. The distributed amplifier exhibits a measured pass-band gain of 8.8 + 1 dB for a 5 V rail, and a bandwidth of 45 MHz to 29.5 GHz with a unity gain bandwidth of 32.5 GHz. The die size is 0.85 x 1.0 mm². The amplifier exhibits a peak-to-peak output voltage of 2.4 V. This amplifier is suitable for use in communication systems.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; band-pass filters; distributed amplifiers; microwave amplifiers; microwave filters; millimetre wave filters; transmission lines; artificial transmission lines; communication systems; frequency 0.045 GHz to 32.5 GHz; frequency 45 GHz to 29.5 GHz; m-derived filter; pass-band gain; single-ended five-stage CMOS distributed amplifier; unity gain bandwidth; voltage 5 V; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Circuit simulation; Distributed amplifiers; Distributed parameter circuits; Filters; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Transmission lines; CMOS integrated circuits; Distributed amplifiers; broadband amplifiers; transmission lines; traveling wave amplifier;

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.2007.380916

Filename

4266464