학술논문

A 22-30 GHz Single-Ended-To-Differential LNA Using Double Defected Ground Marchand Balun
Document Type
Conference
Source
2022 IEEE Ninth International Conference on Communications and Electronics (ICCE) Communications and Electronics (ICCE), 2022 IEEE Ninth International Conference on. :468-472 Jul, 2022
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Photonics and Electrooptics
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Signal Processing and Analysis
Radio frequency
Couplings
Noise figure
Low-noise amplifiers
Electric potential
Baluns
Voltage
Single-ended-to-differential LNA
inductive coupling transformer input matching
double defected ground Marchand balun
neutralization capacitor
28-nm CMOS
Language
Abstract
In this paper, a 2-stage Ka-band single-ended-to differential LNA design is presented. Common source configuration with inductive degeneration is used for input stage to optimize noise Figure (NF) and input matching. The output stage with capacitive cross-coupling neutralization technique help to improve gain and reverse isolation for increasing stability. For the 1-st time, a double defected ground Marchand balun is implemented to convert single-ended signal to differential signal. The proposed LNA uses 2S-nm CMOS technology from TSMC and shows a typical NF below 3.9 dB, a 22.5 dB gain peak, a small amplitude and phase imbalance in the bandwidth from 22 to 30 GHz. The LNA has the die dimension of 764 |1mx50511m including test pads and consumes 25 mW from a supply voltage of 0.9 V.