• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.7-11
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• 2009

An Ultra-WideBand(UWB) Low-Noise Amplifier(LNA) is proposed and is implemented in a $0.18-{\mu}m$ CMOS technology. The proposed UWB LNA provides excellent wideband characteristics by combining a High-Pass Filter (HPF) with a conventional resistive-loaded LNA topology. In the proposed UWB LNA, the bell-shaped gain curve of the overall amplifier is much less dependent on the frequency response of the HPF embedded in the input stage. In addition, the adoption of fewer on-chip inductors in the input matching network permits a lower noise figure and a smaller chip area. Measurement results show a power gain of + 10 dB and an input return loss of more than - 9 dB over 2.7 to 6.2 GHz, a noise figure of 3.1 dB at 3.6 GHz and 7.8 dB at 6.2 GHz, an input PldB of - 12 dBm, and an IIP3 of - 0.2 dBm, while dissipating only 4.6 mA from a 1.8-V supply.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.440-446
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• 2015

본 연구는 안테나에 커플링되는 협대역 고출력 전자기파에 대한 저 잡음 증폭기(LNA)의 민감성 특성을 알아보았다. LNA 소자의 오동작/파괴는 MFR/DFR((Malfunction Failure Rate/Destruction Failure Rate)을 이용하여 소자의 민감성을 확인하였다. 그리고 LNA 소자의 내부 칩 상태는 Decapsulation 분석을 이용하여 손상부위를 관찰하였다. 협대역 고출력 전자기파 장치는 2.45 GHz 마그네트론을 사용하였고, LNA의 민간성 레벨은 협대역 고출력 전자기파의 전계강도에 따라 오동작/파괴율을 평가하였다. 그 결과, LNA 소자의 오동작은 셀프리셋(Self Reset)과 파워리셋(Power Reset)의 형태로 나타내었고, 이때 오동작 임계 전계강도는 각각 524 V/m, 1150 V/m로 측정되었다. 그리고 LNA의 소자의 파괴 임계 전계강도는 1530 V/m이다. 협대역 고출력 전자기파에 의한 LNA 소자의 내부 칩 파괴는 본드와이어, 온칩와이어 그리고 컴포넌트 세가지 형태로 관찰되었다. 이 결과로, 협대역 고출력 전자기파에 의한 반도체 전자회로의 내성평가 자료로 활용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.283-288
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• 2008

A post-linearization technique for the differrential CMOS LNA is presented. The proposed method uses an additional cross-coupled common-source FET pair to cancel out the third-order intermodulation ($IM_3$) current of the main differential amplifier. This technique is applied to enhance the linearity of CMOS LNA using $0.18-{\mu}m$ technology. The LNA achieved +10.2 dBm IIP3 with 13.7 dB gain and 1.68 dB NF at 2 GHz consuming 11.8 mA from a 1.8-V supply. It shows IIP3 improvement by 6.6 dB over the conventional cascode LNA without the linearizing circuit.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제44권10호
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• pp.33-37
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 vertical shunt symmetric inductor를 이용하여 CMOS LNA의 설계에 있어서 회로의 면적을 줄이는 설계기술 및 구현에 관한 내용을 제시하고자 한다. 본 연구에 있어서 vertical shunt symmetric inductor는 LNA의 입력단과 출력단을 3GHz로 정합하기 위해서 사용되었다. 이렇게 구현된 보다 면적에 있어서 효율적인 증폭기를 0.18um digital logic공정으로 구현되었다. 본 논문에서는 일반적으로 LNA에서 사용하고 있는 inductor를 이용하는 경우와, vertical shunt symmetric inductor를 이용하여 LNA를 설계하는 경우에 대한 부분을 비교하였고, 최종적으로 면적에 효율적인 회로설계 기술을 제시하고자 한다.

• 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신설비학회 2006년도 하계학술대회
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• pp.215-218
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• 2006

In this paper, a small size, $7{\times}6mm^2$, Low Noise Amplifier(LNA) using LTCC process was fabricated with multi-layer structure for 2.4GHz wireless LAN. The measured results demonstrate that the bandwidth is 130 MHz, and the operating frequency is from 2.39GHz to 2.52GHz. The power gain is above 7.3 dB in the operating frequency range and the gain flatness is 0.5 dB. The maximum S11 is -4 dB and the maximum S22 is -7.5 dB. The noise figure is less than 1.83 dB. The measured power gain, S11 and S22 were had poorer performance than the simulation results. The reason for this discrepancy is that the input and output matching was not performed exactly. However, the noise figure of the LTCC low noise amplifier is better than simulation result. It is found that it is possible to fabricate a LTCC low noise amplifier in a small size.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.426-432
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• 2012

A fully-integrated low power K-band radar transceiver in 130 nm CMOS process is presented. It consists of a low-noise amplifier (LNA), a down-conversion mixer, a power amplifier (PA), and a frequency synthesizer with injection locked buffer for driving mixer and PA. The receiver front-end provides a conversion gain of 19 dB. The LNA achieves a power gain of 15 dB and noise figure of 5.4 dB, and the PA has an output power of 9 dBm. The phase noise of VCO is -90 dBc/Hz at 1-MHz offset. The total dc power dissipation of the transceiver is 142 mW and the size of the chip is only $1.2{\times}1.4mm^2$.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.682-685
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• 2020

In this paper, we analyze the dominant noise source of conventional inductively degenerated common-source (CS) cascode low noise amplifier (LNA) when width and gate length of stacked transistors vary. Analytical MOSFET and its noise model are used to estimate the contributions of noise sources. All parameters are based on measured data of 60nm, 90nm and 130nm CMOS devices. Based on the noise analysis for different frequencies and device parameters including process nodes, the dominant noise source can be analyzed to optimize noise figure on the configuration. We verified analytically that the intuctively degenerated CS topology can not sustain its benefits in noise above a certain operation frequency of LNA over different process nodes.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제28권10호
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• pp.832-835
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• 2017

본 논문은 고속 무선 데이터 통신을 위한 V-band 차동 저잡음 증폭기를 65-nm CMOS 공정을 이용하여 설계한 결과를 제시한다. 설계한 저잡음 증폭기는 3단 공통소스 구조이며, MOS 커패시터를 이용한 커패시턴스 중화 기법을 적용하였고, 트랜스포머를 이용하여 각 단의 임피던스 정합을 구현하였다. 제작한 저잡음 증폭기는 63 GHz에서 최대 이득 23 dB을 보이며, 3 dB 대역폭은 6 GHz이다. 제작한 칩의 크기는 패드를 포함하여 $0.3mm^2$이며, 1.2 V 공급 전원에서 32 mW의 전력을 소비한다.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.29-33
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• 2006

The common-source low noise amplifier(LNA) with inductive degeneration using a genetic algorithm is designed and tested for a down converter in an industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band application and a wireless broadband internet service (WiBro). The genetic algorithm optimizes the reflection coefficients to be well matched the input and output ports between multistage transistor amplifiers, and it generates low voltage standing wave ratio as well as gain flatness of the amplifier. The stability and the gain flatness of the LNA have been improved by combining the matching circuits and the series feedback microstrip lines with inductive degeneration at common-source port. In the frequency range of ISM band and WiBro application operating at $2.3GHz{\sim}2.5GHz$, the measured power gain and maximum voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of the LNA are $41{\pm}0.5dB$ and 1.3, and the noise figure of the LNA is lower than 0.85dB. The above results are agreed well with the theoretical values of the amplifiers.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.112-116
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• 2017

In this work, we demonstrated a low noise and high linearity low noise amplifier (LNA) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) with novel active bias circuit for LTE applications. The device technology used in this work relies on a process involving a $0.25-{\mu}m$ GaAs pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (PHEMT). The LNA MMIC with a novel active bias circuit has a small signal gain of $19.7{\pm}1.5dB$ and output third order intercept point (OIP3) of 38-39 dBm in the frequency range 1.75-2.65 GHz. The noise figure (NF) is less than 0.58 dB over the full bandwidth. Compared with the characteristics of the LNA MMIC without using the novel active bias circuit, the OIP3 is improved about 2-3 dBm. The small signal gain and NF showed no significant change after using the active bias circuit. The novel active bias circuit indeed improves the linearity performance of the LNA MMIC without degradation.