Title :
A 35-GHz differential distributed loss-compensation amplifier
Author :
Buckwalter, James F.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA
fDate :
June 17 2008-April 17 2008
Abstract :
The demand for 40+ Gb/s broadband drivers and equalizers for electrical and optical links compels the use of distributed circuit techniques and on-chip loss compensation. A distributed loss-compensation scheme is presented for synthetic transmission lines. The distributed loss-compensated amplifier is implemented in a 120 nm BiCMOS process using only NMOS devices. A 3 dB bandwidth of 35 GHz is measured with gain ripple of +/-1 dB while consuming only 18 mW.
Keywords :
BiCMOS integrated circuits; MIMIC; differential amplifiers; distributed amplifiers; millimetre wave amplifiers; BiCMOS process; broadband drivers; broadband equalizers; differential distributed amplifiers; frequency 35 GHz; on-chip loss compensation; power 18 mW; size 120 nm; Broadband amplifiers; Differential amplifiers; Distributed amplifiers; Distributed parameter circuits; Driver circuits; Equalizers; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical losses; Propagation losses;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, 2008. RFIC 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1808-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1529-2517
DOI :
10.1109/RFIC.2008.4561420
