Title
A Ka-Band Quadrature-Hybrid Lna-Ps With Gm-Boosting Technique In 40-Nm Cmos
Abstract
This paper demonstrates a combination of mmwave low noise amplifier (LNA) and active vector-modulated phase shifter (VMPS) in 40-nm CMOS technology. System considerations of noise and gain are discussed in detail. Wideband impedance conversion is realized through a passive quadrature hybrid coupler (QHC). A three-coil transformer between the variable gain amplifier (VGA) and LNA is utilized to achieve broadband impedance matching, boost transconductance and broaden the bandwidth. With 8-bit resolution, the achieved minimal root-mean-square (RMS) phase and gain errors are 0.26 degrees and 0.48dB, respectively. The overall power consumption is 139.88mW, while the working peak gain is 17.83dB and the minimal NF is 5.4dB. The proposed PS is simulated to work from 22-GHz to 40-GHz, covering the whole Ka-band. The overall area of the LNA-PS is only 0.266 mm(2).
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1109/ISCAS51556.2021.9401264
2021 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS (ISCAS)
Keywords
DocType
ISSN
Phase Shifter, LNA, Quadrature Hybrid, Ka-band, CMOS, Variable Gain Amplifier
Conference
0271-4302
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zhengqi Xu100.34
Ke Wu200.34
Xiaoming Liu312.37
Chengyuan Liu400.34
Jing Jin535.49
JianJun Zhou605.07