Analysis and Design of a Linear Digital Programmable Gain Amplifier in a 0.13 μm SiGe BiCMOS technology

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作者
Du, Xuan-Quang [1 ]
Knobloch, Anselm [1 ]
Groezing, Markus [1 ]
Buck, Matthias [1 ]
Berroth, Manfred [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Stuttgart, Inst Elect & Opt Commun Engn INT, Pfaffenwaldring 47, D-70569 Stuttgart, Baden Wurttembe, Germany
关键词
high-frequency amplifier; high-speed integrated circuit; BiCMOS integrated circuit; programmable gain amplifier (PGA);
D O I
10.1515/freq-2016-0213
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 paper presents the analysis and the design of a fully-differential digital programmable gain amplifier ( PGA) in a 0.13 mu m BiCMOS technology. The PGA has a gain control range of 31 dB with 1 dB gain step size and consumes 284mW from a 3.6V power supply. At a maximum gain of 25 dB, the PGA exhibits a 3-dB bandwidth of 10.1 GHz. The measured gain error for all 32 possible gain settings is between -0.19/ +0.46 dB at 1 GHz. Up to 13 GHz the third harmonic distortion HD3 stays below -34 dB for all 32 gain settings at a differential output peak-to-peak voltage of 1V after the last amplifier stage.
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页码:143 / 150
页数:8
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