Title
Fast power switching low-noise amplifier for 6–10 GHz ultra-wideband applications
Abstract
This work presents a novel fast switching low power low noise amplifier (LNA) for 6-10 GHz ultra wide band applications using 0.13μm CMOS process from STMicroelectronics. The LNA operates at 1.2V. It achieves a high differential voltage gain about 46 dB with 4.4dB noise figure and a power consumption of 24mW. Fast on and off power switching is achieved by using differential amplifiers with DC coupled eliminating the use of large capacitors that leads to long charging time constants. The output voltage is settled in 1.5 ns when the LNA is switched on and off. The circuit consumes only 32.4 μW of dc power when duty-cycled@100kbps allowing reducing the power consumption.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/ICECS.2013.6815525
Electronics, Circuits, and Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
CMOS analogue integrated circuits,differential amplifiers,low noise amplifiers,low-power electronics,microwave amplifiers,ultra wideband technology,wideband amplifiers,CMOS process,LNA,STMicroelectronics,differential amplifiers,fast switching low power low noise amplifier,frequency 6 GHz to 10 GHz,high differential voltage gain,long charging time constants,noise figure 4.4 dB,power 24 mW,power 32.4 muW,size 0.13 mum,time 1.5 ns,ultra-wideband applications,voltage 1.2 V,Fast switching circuit,Low Noise Amplifier (LNA),Low consumption,Low voltage,Power management,Ultra Wide Band applications (UWB)
Low-noise amplifier,Computer science,Instrumentation amplifier,Noise figure,Electronic engineering,Noise temperature,Effective input noise temperature,Electrical engineering,Power bandwidth,Amplifier,Amplifier figures of merit
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
5
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Benamor, I.110.35
Nicolas Dehaese2185.99
Jean Gaubert3429.62
Sylvain Bourdel44114.05