A tunable wideband LNA for self-healing applications

Author

Ma, Desheng ; Dai, Fa Foster ; Stroud, Charles E. ; Jaeger, Richard C.

Author_Institution

Elec. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

9-11 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

107

Lastpage

110

Abstract

The paper presents the design of a wideband low noise amplifier (LNA) with self-healing technology that can simultaneously adjust both the peak gain frequency and the input matching frequency to the operating frequency. The gain of proposed LNA is also adjustable. The proposed self-healing LNA is implemented in a 0.13um SiGe BiCMOS technology. The operating frequency of the proposed LNA can be adjusted from 4.5GHz to 7.8GHz. The LNA achieves typical gain of 19dB with 14dB continuous tuning range. The measured input matching is below -12dB over the entire frequency band. The measured noise figure of the LNA is 4.2dB at 7.8GHz, and the output 1dB compression point is -9dBm. The LNA dissipates 52mW power.

Keywords

BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; MMIC amplifiers; field effect MMIC; low noise amplifiers; wideband amplifiers; BiCMOS technology; SiGe; continuous tuning range; frequency 4.5 GHz to 7.8 GHz; gain 14 dB; gain 19 dB; input matching frequency; noise figure 1 dB; noise figure 4.2 dB; peak gain frequency; power 52 mW; self-healing application; size 0.13 mum; tunable wideband LNA; tunable wideband low noise amplifier; Capacitors; Frequency measurement; Gain; Impedance matching; Switches; Tuning; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting (BCTM), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1088-9299

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-165-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BCTM.2011.6082759

Filename

6082759