DocumentCode
3549919
Title
A DC-2.5GHz wide dynamic-range attenuator in 0.13μm CMOS technology
Author
Dogan, Hakan ; Meyer, Robert G. ; Niknejad, Ali M.
Author_Institution
California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
fYear
2005
fDate
16-18 June 2005
Firstpage
90
Lastpage
93
Abstract
A CMOS attenuator with wide dynamic range has been designed and fabricated in a 0.13μm CMOS process. The design employs two nonidentical cascaded T-stages that are activated consecutively to improve linearity. The design operates in the frequency band of DC-2.5GHz with 0.9-3.5dB insertion loss and 42dB maximum attenuation in the entire frequency range. Worst case SII is -8.2dB across the frequency band. The design achieves an IIP3 of +20 dBm at mid-attenuation.
Keywords
CMOS integrated circuits; attenuators; 0.13 micron; CMOS attenuator; CMOS technology; insertion loss; Attenuation; Attenuators; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Circuits; Frequency; Gain control; Impedance; Insertion loss; Linearity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
VLSI Circuits, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. 2005 Symposium on
Print_ISBN
4-900784-01-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/VLSIC.2005.1469341
Filename
1469341
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