High Gain and Low Power K-Band LNA With Reversed Current-Reuse Topology

被引:3
作者
Liang, Chenglong [1 ]
Tang, Bingjun [1 ]
Zhao, Ya [1 ]
Xie, Yi [1 ]
Geng, Li [1 ]
机构
[1] Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Microelect, Xian 710049, Peoples R China
来源
IEEE MICROWAVE AND WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS | 2023年 / 33卷 / 12期
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Current-reuse topology; g(m)-boost technique; K-band; low noise amplifier (LNA); LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIER;
D O I
10.1109/LMWT.2023.3317781
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
This letter reports a K-band low-noise amplifier(LNA) for millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) phased-arrays. A reversed three-stage current-reuse topology with g(m)-boost technique is proposed, which breaks the dilemma of traditional common-gate (CG) LNA facing current limitation and achieves high gain with low power consumption. The proposed LNA is fabricated with a standard 55-nm CMOS process. Measurement results show that 21.8 dB peak gain is achieved within 2.1 GHz bandwidth, while the noise figure (NF) is 4.04 dB. Benefiting from the reversed current-reuse structure, the power consumption of the LNA is only 3.05 mW from a uniform 1.2 V power supply.
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页码:1638 / 1641
页数:4
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