3 - 10 GHz Ultra-Wideband Low-Noise Amplifier Using Inductive-Series Peaking Technique with Cascode Common-Source Circuit

The objective of this paper is to investigate a ultra-wideband (UWB) low noise amplifier (LNA) by utilizing a two-stage cascade circuit schematic associated with inductive-series peaking technique, which can improve the bandwidth in the 3-10 GHz microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC). The proposed UWB LNA amplifier was implemented with both co-planer waveguide (CPW) layout and 0.15-μm GaAs D-mode pHEMT technology. Based on those technologies, this proposed UWB LNA with a chip size of 1.5 mm x 1.4 mm, obtained a flatness gain 3-dB bandwidth of 4 - 8 GHz, the constant gain of 4 dB, noise figure lower than 5 dB, and the return loss better than –8.5 dB. Based on our experimental results, the low noise amplifier using the inductive-series peaking technique can obtain a wider bandwidth, low power consumption and high flatness of gain in the 3 - 10 GHz. Finally, the overall LNA characterization exhibits ultra-wide bandwidth and low noise characterization, which illustrates that the proposed UWB LNA has a compact size and favorable RF characteristics. This UWB LNA circuit demonstrated the high RF characterization and could provide for the low noise micro-wave circuit applications.

Low-Noise Amplification, Detection and Spectroscopy of Ultra-Cold Systems in RF Cavities

The design and development of a cryogenic Ultra-Low-Noise Signal Amplification (ULNA) and detection system for spectroscopy of ultra-cold systems are reported here for the operation in the 0.5 - 4 GHz spectrum of frequencies (the “L” and “S” microwave bands). The design is suitable for weak RF signal detection and spectroscopy from ultra-cold systems confined in cryogenic RF cavities, as entailed in a number of physics, physical chemistry and analytical chemistry applications, such as NMR/NQR/EPR and microwave spectroscopy, Paul traps, Bose-Einstein Condensates (BEC’s) and cavity Quantum Electrodynamics (cQED). Using a generic Low-Noise Amplifier (LNA) architecture for a GaAs enhancement mode High-Electron Mobility FET device, our design has especially been devised for scientific applications where ultra-low-noise amplification systems are sought to amplify and detect weak RF signals under various conditions and environments, including cryogenic temperatures, with the least possible noise susceptibility. The amplifier offers a 16 dB gain and a 0.8 dB noise figure at 2.5 GHz, while operating at room temperature, which can improve significantly at low temperatures. Both dc and RF outputs are provided by the amplifier to integrate it in a closed-loop or continuous-wave spectroscopy system or connect it to a variety of instruments, a factor which is lacking in commercial LNA devices. Following the amplification stage, the RF signal detection is carried out with the help of a post-amplifier and detection system based upon a set of Zero-Bias Schottky Barrier Diodes (ZBD’s) and a high-precision ultra-low noise jFET operational amplifier. The scheme offers unique benefits of sensitive detection and very-low noise amplification for measuring extremely weak on-resonance signals with substantial low- noise response and excellent stability while eliminating complicated and expensive heterodyne schemes. The LNA stage is fully capable to be a part of low-temperature experiments while being operated in cryogenic conditions down to about 500 mK.

Design and analysis on four stage SiGe HBT low noise amplifier

Focusing on the linearity shortcoming on a bipolar low noise amplifier(LNA),a new 6 ~14GHz four stage SiGe HBT LNA is proposed.This amplifier adopts a method of gain allocation on multiple stages to avoid the limitation on linearity especially with the addition of negative gain on the third stage.To realize gain flatness,extra zero is introduced to compensate the gain roll-off formed by pole,and local shunt-shunt negative feedback is used to widen the bandwidth as well as optimize circuit' s noise.Simulated results have shown that in 6 ~14GHz,this circuit achieves noise figure(NF) less than 3dB,gain of 17.8dB(+0.2dB),input and output reflection parameters of less than- 10 dB,and the K factor is above 1.15.

Inductorless CMOS Low Noise Amplifier for Multiband Application in 0.1–1.2 GHz

A 0.18 μm CMOS low noise amplifier(LNA) by utilizing noise-canceling technique was designed and implemented in this paper. Current-reuse and self-bias techniques were used in the first stage to achieve input matching and reduce power consumption. The core size of the proposed CMOS LNA circuit without inductor was only 128 μm 9226 μm. The measured power gain and noise figure of the proposed LNA were 20.6 and 1.9 dB,respectively. The 3-dB bandwidth covers frequency from 0.1 to 1.2 GHz. When the chip was operated at a supply voltage of 1.8 V, it consumed 25.69 mW. The high performance of the proposed LNA makes it suitable for multistandard low-cost receiver front-ends within the above frequency range.

A Low-Noise Readout Circuit for Gyroscopes

In order to suppress the noise of gyroscopes,the method based on lock-in amplifier and capacitor matching of the low-noise readout circuit is proposed. Firstly,the principle to suppress the noise by lock-in amplifier is analyzed,and the noise model of front end is proposed. Secondly,the noise optimization for the charge amplifier is presented according to the noise model of front end. Finally,a readout circuit is constructed by this approach. The measurement results show that the parasitic capacitance of front end is 18 p F,and the noise at resonant frequency( 4 k Hz) is 133 n V / Hz1 / 2,and the overall bias stability is 30° /h,and the noise level is 0. 003° /( s·Hz1 / 2). The noise of the gyroscope with the low-noise readout by this method is suppressed effectively.

An X-Band Low Noise Amplifier Design for Marine Navigation Radars

In this paper, the design of a 9.1 GHz Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) of a RADAR receiver that is used in the Navy is presented. For the design of the LNA, we used GaAs Field-Effect Transistors (FETs) from Agilent ADS component library. In order to keep the cost of the circuit in low prices and the performance high, we design a two-stage LNA.

A 9 - 10.6 GHz Microstrip Antenna—UWB Low Noise Amplifier with Differential Noise Canceling Technique for IoT Applications

An ultra-wide band (UWB) receiver front-end that operates at the UWB frequency range, starting from 9 GHz - 10.6 GHz is proposed in this paper. The proposed system consists of an off-chip microstrip antenna and CMOS differential low noise amplifier with a differential noise canceling (DNC) technique. The proposed antenna is trapezoidal dipole shaped with balun and printed on a low-cost FR4 substrate with dimensions 10 × 10 × 0.8 mm3. The balun circuit integrated with the ground antenna to improve the antenna impedance matching. Noise canceling is obtained by using a differential block with each stage having 2 amplifiers that generate differential signals, subtracted to improve total noise performance. The proposed DNC block improves NF by 50% while increasing total power consumption with only 0.1 Mw. The differential CMOS cascode LNA with DNC block is implemented using UMC 0.13 μm CMOS process, exhibits a flat gain of 19 dB, maximum noise figure of 2.75 dB, 1 dB compression point −16 dBm and 3rd order intercept point (IIP3) −10 dBm. The proposed system has total DC power consumption of 2.8 mW at 1.2 V power supply.

A compact and reconfigurable low noise amplifier employing combinational active inductors and composite resistors feedback techniques

A compact and reconfigurable low noise amplifier(LNA)is proposed by combining an input transistor,composite transistors with Darlington configuration as the amplification and output transistor,T-type structure composite resistors instead of a simplex structure resistor,a shunt inductor feedback realized by a tunable active inductor(AI),a shunt inductor peaking technique realized by another tunable AI.The division and collaboration among different resistances in the T-type structure composite resistor realize simultaneously input impedance matching,output impedance matching and good noise performance;the shunt feedback and peaking technique using two tunable AIs not only extend frequency bandwidth and improve gain flatness,but also make the gain and frequency band can be tuned simultaneously by the external bias of tunable AIs;the Darlington configuration of composite transistors provides high gain;furthermore,the adoption of the small size AIs instead of large size passive spiral inductor,and the use of composite resistors make the LNA have a small size.The LNA is fabricated and verified by GaAs/InGaP hetero-junction bipolar transistor(HBT)process.The results show that at the frequency of 7 GHz,the gain S_(21)is maximum and up to 19 dB;the S_(21)can be tuned from 17 dB to 19 dB by tuning external bias of tunable AIs,that is,the tunable amount of S_(21)is 2 dB,and similarly at 8 GHz;the tunable range of 3 dB bandwidth is 1 GHz.In addition,the gain S_(21)flatness is better than 0.4 dB under frequency from 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz;the size of the LNA only has 760μm×1260μm(including PADs).Therefore,the proposed strategies in the paper provide a new solution to the design of small size and reconfigurable ultra-wideband(UWB)LNA and can be used further to adjust the variations of gain and bandwidth of radio frequency integrated circuits(RFICs)due to package,parasitic and the variation of fabrication process and temperature.

Analysis, Design and Implementation of SiGe Wideband Dual-Feedback Low Noise Amplifier

A wideband dual-feedback low noise amplifier(LNA) was analyzed, designed and implemented using SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor(HBT) technology. The design analysis in terms of gain, input and output matching, noise and poles for the amplifier was presented in detail. The area of the complete chip die, including bonding pads and seal ring, was 655 μm×495 μm. The on-wafer measurements on the fabricated wideband LNA sample demonstrated good performance: a small-signal power gain of 33 dB with 3-dB bandwidth at 3.3 GHz was achieved;the input and output return losses were better than-10 dB from 100 MHz to 4 GHz and to 6 GHz, respectively; the noise figure was lower than 4.25 dB from 100 MHz to 6 GHz; with a 5 V supply, the values of OP1 dB and OIP3 were1.7 dBm and 11 dBm at 3-dB bandwidth, respectively.

Design of 5GHz low noise amplifier with HBM SiGe 0. 13μm BiCMOS process

A fully integrated low noise amplifier( LNA) for WLAN 802. 11 ac is presented in this article.A cascode topology combining BJT and MOS transistor is used for better performance. An inductive source degeneration is chosen to get 50 Ohm impedance matching at the input. The noise contribution of common gate transistor is analyzed for the first time. The designed LNA is verified with IBM silicon-germanium(SiGe ) 0. 13μm BiCMOS process. The measured results show that the designed LNA has the gain of 13 dB and NF of 2. 8 dB at the center frequency of 5. 5 GHz. The input reflection S11 and output reflection S22 are equal to-19 dB and-11 dB respectively. The P-1 dB and IIP3 are-8. 9 dBm and 6. 6 dBm for the linearity performance respectively. The power consumption is only 1. 3 mW under the 1. 2 V supply. LNA achieves high gain,low noise,and high linearity performance,allowing it to be used for the WLAN 802. 11 ac applications.

Optimum Design for a Low Noise Amplifier in S-Band

An optimum design of a low noise amplifier （LNA） in S-band working at 2-4 GHz is described. Choosing FHC40LG high electronic mobility transistor （HEMT）, the noise figure of the designed amplifier simulated by Microwave Office is no more than 1.5 dB, meanwhile the gain is no less than 20 dB in the given bandwidth. The simulated results agree with the performance of the transistor itself well in consideration of its own minimum noise figure （0.3 dB） and associated gain （15.5 dB）. Simultaneously, the stability factor of the designed amplifier is no less than 1 in the given bandwidth.

一种CMOS超宽带LNA的优化设计方法

为实现性能更优的超宽带(UWB)射频前端低噪声放大器(LNA),本文提出了一种通用的基于CMOS工艺的超宽带LNA优化设计方法.基于源端电感负反馈的LNA电路模型,本文提出利用最优化的数学方法分别确定晶体管尺寸、输入匹配网络和负载网络各元件参数的方法,实现了较好的输入阻抗匹配,达到了较高的增益、较好的增益平坦度以及优秀的噪声系数,并具有较低的功耗;本设计方法所用无源元件不但适宜CMOS集成,而且对工艺偏差具有一定的忍耐力.仿真结果说明用上述方法设计的超宽带LNA在工作频带内能够达到预期的各项性能要求.

基于0.1-μm GaAs pHEMT工艺的最小噪声系数3.9 dB的66~112.5 GHz低噪声放大器

本文基于0.1-μm砷化镓赝配高电子迁移率晶体管(GaAs pHEMT)工艺,研制了一款覆盖整个W波段的宽带低噪声放大器。提出了一种由双并联电容组成的旁路电路,能够提供宽带射频接地,减小了级间串扰,利于实现宽带匹配。采用双谐振匹配网络实现了宽带的输入匹配和最佳噪声匹配。实测结果显示,最大增益在108 GHz处达到20.4 dB,在66~112.5 GHz范围内,小信号增益为16.9~20.4 dB。在90 GHz处,实测噪声系数为3.9 dB。实测的输入1-dB压缩点在整个W波段内约为-12 dBm。

一种具有0.5dB噪声系数的450～470MHz单片集成LNA

基于0．5μm赝配高电子迁移率晶体管（pHEMT）工艺，设计制造了一款工作于450-470MHz频段的单片集成低噪声放大器（LNA），该LNA采用阻容负反馈的方式实现输入阻抗匹配，减小了无源元件占有的芯片面积，达到了单片集成的目的，同时降低了使用成本,测试结果表明，该单片集成LNA具有40dB左右的增益和约0．5dB的噪声系数，其低噪声性能十分优秀，这得益于pHEMT管不引入高损耗的片上电感所带来的好处及其本身优异的低噪声特性．

433MHz低功耗CMOS LNA的噪声优化与实现(英文)

采用0.18μm SMIC数模混合与射频(RF)CMOS工艺实现了一个应用于ISM(工业、科学和医疗)频段接收机的433MHz低功耗低噪声放大器(LNA)的设计.电路通过调节源级反馈电感和在LNA输入晶体管上并联电容的方法实现了最优的噪声性能.测试结果表明,LNA在431MHz处的噪声系数为2.4dB,S21=16dB,S11=-11dB,S22=-9dB,反向隔离度大于35dB.测量的1-dB压缩点(P1dB)和输入三阶交调(IIP3)分别为-13dBm和-3dBm.芯片面积为0.55mm×1.2mm,在1.8V供电时整个电路功耗仅4mW.

一款应用于GPS的CMOS低功耗高增益LNA

针对当前应用于GPS射频前端的LNA存在的不足,设计了一种新型的LNA.从电路结构、噪声匹配、线性度、阻抗匹配、电压增益以及功耗等方面详细讨论了该低噪声放大器的设计.电路采用CMOS0.18μm工艺实现,经过测试,低噪声放大器的增益为40.8dB,噪声系数为0.525dB,P1dB为-29.5dBm,1.8V电压下的消耗电流仅为1.4mA.电路性能充分满足应用要求.

一种并发双频段CMOS LNA的分析与设计

基于0.13μm CMOS工艺,设计了一种应用于WLAN IEEE 802.11 a/b/g标准的并发双频段低噪声放大器(LNA)。为了在功耗限制下同时实现噪声系数和输入阻抗的匹配,采用共源共栅电感退化拓扑结构。该LNA在2.4 GHz和5.2 GHz下,输入发射系数分别为-16.7 dB和-19.5 dB,正向增益分别为16.8 dB和17.2 dB。而且在2.4 GHz和5.2 GHz下,噪声系数分别取得了3.1 dB和3.2 dB,输入三阶截止点分别为-18.5 dBm和-16.5 dBm。该LNA在1.2 V电压供电下,所消耗的功耗为2.64 mW。

移动通信基站前端LNA的设计与仿真

以FET管ATF36077实现基站接收机前端的低噪声放大器（LNA）.首先根据设计指标确定FET管的直流工作点及偏置网络;其次通过输出端并联电阻元件以及对器件源端的电感值进行优化,以保证放大器工作的稳定性;最后以最小噪声系数和最大增益要求设计输入和输出匹配网络.结果表明：工作频率为1.92~1.98 GHz时,既可满足增益的设计要求,又可使输入输出端的驻波比达到很小的值,而且线性度良好.

Link Budget and Enhanced Communication Distance for Ambient Internet of Things

Backscatter communications will play an important role in connecting everything for beyond 5G(B5G)and 6G systems.One open challenge for backscatter communications is that the signals suffer a round-trip path loss so that the communication distance is short.In this paper,we first calculate the communication distance upper bounds for both uplink and downlink by measuring the tag sensitivity and reflection coefficient.It is found that the activation voltage of the envelope detection diode of the downlink tag is the main factor limiting the back-scatter communication distance.Based on this analysis,we then propose to implement a low-noise amplifier(LNA)module before the envelope detection at the tag to enhance the incident signal strength.Our experimental results on the hardware platform show that our method can increase the downlink communication range by nearly 20 m.