A 0.1–1.5 GHz multi-octave quadruple-stacked CMOS power amplifier

In this letter,we design and analyze 0.1–1.5 GHz multi-octave quadruple-stacked CMOS power amplifier(PA)in 0.18μm CMOS technology.By using two-stage quadruple-stacked topology and feedback technology,the proposed PA realizes an ultra-wideband CMOS PA in a small chip area.Wideband impedance matching is achieved with smaller chip dimension.The effects of feedback resistors on the RF performance are also discussed for this stacked-FET PA.The PA shows measured input return loss(<–10.8 dB)and output return loss(<–9.6 dB)in the entire bandwidth.A saturated output power of 22 dBm with maximum 20%power added efficiency(PAE)is also measured with the drain voltage at 5 V.The chip size is 0.44 mm^2 including all pads.