Title :
ESD protection for wideband RF CMOS LNAs
Author :
Linten, D. ; Thijs, S. ; Groeseneken, G.
Author_Institution :
imec, Leuven, Belgium
Abstract :
Providing ESD protection for wideband RF CMOS LNAs is a challenging task: it requires both ESD and RF design skills in order to achieve high ESD robustness, while maintaining the overall RF performance. In this paper, an overview of the different wideband RF ESD protection strategies used in the literature is presented.
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; electrostatic discharge; low noise amplifiers; wideband amplifiers; ESD protection; RF design; wideband RF CMOS LNA; Clamps; Diodes; Electrostatic discharge; Impedance matching; Narrowband; Protection; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Robustness; Wideband; CMOS; ESD; LNA; RF; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
IC Design and Technology (ICICDT), 2010 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Grenoble
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5773-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICICDT.2010.5510301
