A 1 V 23 GHz Low-Noise Amplifier in 45 nm Planar Bulk-CMOS Technology With High-Q Above-IC Inductors

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作者
Wang, Wen-Chieh [1 ]
Huang, Zue-Der [1 ]
Carchon, Geert [2 ]
Mercha, Abdelkarim [2 ]
Decoutere, Stefaan [2 ]
De Raedt, Walter [2 ]
Wu, Chung-Yu [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Chiao Tung Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
[2] IMEC, B-3001 Louvain, Belgium
关键词
CMOS; electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection; 45; nm; K; -band; low-noise amplifier (LNA);
D O I
10.1109/LMWC.2009.2017611
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
A 23 GHz electrostatic discharge-protected low-noise amplifier (LNA) has been designed and implemented by 45 nm planar bulk-CMOS technology with high-Q above-IC inductors. In the designed LNA, the structure of a one-stage cascode amplifier with source inductive degeneration is used. All high-Q above-IC inductors have been implemented by thin-film wafer-level packaging technology. The fabricated LNA has a good linearity where the input I dB compression point (IP-1 (dB))is - 9.5 dBm and the input referred third-order intercept point (P-IIP3) is +2.25 dBm. It is-operated with a I V power supply drawing a current of only 3.6 mA. The fabricated LNA has demonstrated a 4 dB noise figure and a 7.1 dB gain at the peak gain frequency of 23 GHz, and it has the highest figure-of-merit. The experimental results have proved the suitability of 45 nm gate length bulk-CMOS devices for PF ICs above 20 GHz.
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页码:326 / 328
页数:3
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