Title :
A 27 GHz fully integrated CMOS distributed amplifier using coplanar waveguides
Author :
Amaya, Rony E. ; Tarr, N.G. ; Plett, Calvin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
This paper reports a CMOS distributed amplifier which operates from 1-27 GHz. This amplifier exhibits a measured gain of 6 dB and uses coplanar waveguides to implement required inductances. Power consumption is 68.1 mW while driven from a 3.3V supply but it can operate with supply voltages as low as 1.8V. Chip area is 1.8 × 0.9 mm. To the author´s knowledge this is the fastest frequency of operation ever reported for a distributed amplifier implemented in a standard CMOS technology.
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; coplanar waveguides; distributed amplifiers; 1 to 27 GHz; 1.8 to 3.3 V; 6 dB; 68.1 mW; coplanar waveguides; inductances; integrated CMOS distributed amplifier; Bandwidth; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Capacitance; Coplanar waveguides; Distributed amplifiers; Frequency; Gain; Optical amplifiers; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2004. Digest of Papers. 2004 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8333-8
DOI :
10.1109/RFIC.2004.1320568
