• DocumentCode
    3532947
  • Title

    LNA design optimization with reference to ESD protection circuitry

  • Author

    Sridharan, Sharmila ; Nayak, Ghanshyam ; Mukund, P.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Rochester Inst. of Technol., NY, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    25-28 May 2003
  • Abstract
    Design of Low Noise Amplifiers (LNA) is usually done without considering the effect of electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuitry, even though the protection circuitry is an essential and integral part of the system performance. In this paper, we demonstrate the importance of co-design of the protection circuitry and the LNA, with a theoretical derivation for optimization of LNA performance. Simulation, using TSMC 0.25um process, is used to validate the theory.
  • Keywords
    amplifiers; circuit optimisation; electrostatic discharge; protection; 0.25 micron; ESD protection circuit; design optimization; low-noise amplifier; Circuit simulation; Design optimization; Electrostatic discharge; Impedance matching; Inductance; Inductors; Narrowband; Parasitic capacitance; Protection; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 2003. ISCAS '03. Proceedings of the 2003 International Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7761-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISCAS.2003.1205536
  • Filename
    1205536