Optimum millimetre-wave amplifier design using scalable models for circuit elements

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作者
Fahimnia, M. [1 ]
Mohammad-Taheri, M. [2 ]
Wang, Y. [3 ]
Safavi-Naeini, S. [1 ]
Yu, M.
机构
[1] Univ Waterloo, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
[2] Univ Tehran, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Tehran, Iran
[3] Univ Ontario, Fac Engn & Appl Sci, Inst Technol, Toronto, ON, Canada
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
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10.1049/el.2010.0887
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A design method for a millimetre-wave amplifier using accurate and scalable models extracted from the measured S-parameters of each circuit component is presented. The amplifier was fabricated using low-cost CMOS technology. The measured results show that the figure of merit of the fabricated amplifier - taking into account gain, noise figure, power consumption and size - is 177 which verifies the ability of the presented method for millimetre-wave amplifier design. The sensitivity of the amplifier performance with respect to the design parameters is also presented.
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页码:928 / U84
页数:2
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