학술논문

A 29–37 GHz BiCMOS Low-Noise Amplifier with 28.5 dB Peak Gain and 3.1-4.1 dB NF
Document Type
Conference
Source
2018 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC) Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), 2018 IEEE. :288-291 Jun, 2018
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineering Profession
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Gain
Broadband antennas
Inductors
Noise measurement
Semiconductor device measurement
Manganese
Low-noise amplifiers
low-noise amplifier (LNA)
high-gain
wideband
transformer
SiGe
C BiCMOS
Language
ISSN
2375-0995
Abstract
This paper presents a 28.5 dB high-gain Ka-band low-noise amplifier (LNA) in a 0.25 µm SiGe:C BiCMOS technology. To achieve wide band (fractional bandwidth > 25 % ) simultaneous noise and power matching with compact size, a 3-winding transformer based dualtank matching technique is proposed and implemented for the input matching. The LNA provides 28.5 dB peak gain at 32 GHz with a 3-dB gain bandwidth from 29 to 37 GHz. Within this bandwidth, it also achieves simultaneously low-noise (3.1-4.1 dB) and power matching (S 11 < −10 dB). The measured input IP3 and P 1dB at 32 GHz are −12.5 dBm and - 22.0 dBm, respectively, and the total DC power consumption is 80 mW.