A 60 GHz Low Phase Variation Variable Gain Amplifier in 65 nm CMOS

被引:50
作者
Siao, Di-Sheng [1 ,2 ]
Kao, Jui-Chih [1 ,2 ]
Wang, Huei [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Natl Taiwan Univ, Grad Inst Commun Engn, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
[2] Natl Taiwan Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
关键词
Broadband amplifiers; CMOS amplifiers; millimeter-wave; variable gain amplifiers (VGAs);
D O I
10.1109/LMWC.2014.2316253
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 presents a 57-66 GHz low phase variation variable gain amplifier (VGA) in standard RF 65 nm CMOS process with a chip area of 0.25 mm(2). The phase compensation is achieved by using the different trends of phase between current-steering and splitting-cascade topologies. This VGA achieves the phase variation lower than 7 degrees with 33 dB gain control range (GCR). The 3 dB bandwidth is from 50 to 70 GHz with 21 dB peak gain.
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页数:3
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