Optimize the linearity of the third harmonic effect In broadband amplifiers in 130nm CMOS technology using bandwidth
Subject Areas : Electronics Engineering
roya mallaki
1
,
mohammad ali riazi
2
,
najmeh cheraghi shirazi
3
1 - electrical engineering, Islamic Azad University Bushehr Branch, Bushehr, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran
Abstract :
This paper presents a broadband low noise amplifier (Low Noise Amplifier is the first block in a post-antenna telecommunication receiver and its role is to amplify the weak signal received by the antenna by adding minimum noise to it, thereby minimizing signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).)using a new technique to optimize the linearity and third order harmonic effect. The third order distortion elimination technique was performed using the transistor body effect in a common gate differential amplifier, while the amplifier investigated compared to previous work improved the power consumption in addition to IIP3. Cadence IC Design tools and 130 nm technology were used for the simulation. Simulations show that the circuit has reached a minimum noise value of 68.3 dB and a gain of 19.15 dB. It also has a power consumption of 9 mW, while the circuit uses a 1.2V power supply. IIP3 is also achieved at 6GHz at 20MHz, with a frequency of 1.9 dBm.
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_||_[1] W.-H.Chen, G.Liu, B.Zdravko, A.M.Niknejad(2008), ''A highly linear broadband CMOS LNA employing noise and distortion cancellation, ,,IEEE J.Solid-StateCircuits43 (5) 1164–1176.
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[3]B. Mazhab Jafari and M. Yavari, “A UWB CMOS low-noise amplifier with noise reduction and linearity improvement techniques,” Microelectronics J., vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 198–206,2015.
[4] S. Shekhar and J.S.Walling,D.J.Allstot, “BandwidthextensiontechniquesforCMOS amplifiers,” IEEEJ.Solid-StateCircuits,vol.41,no.11,pp.2424–2438,2006.
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[6] S. Lou, H.C.Luong, “A linearization technique for RF receiver front-endusing second-order-intermodulation injection,” IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits ,vol.43,no.11, pp.2404–2412,2008.
[7] F.Bruccoleri, E.A.M.Klumperink and B.Nauta, “Wide-band CMOS low-noise amplifier exploiting thermal noise canceling,” IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, vol.39, no.2,pp.275–282,2004.
[8] H. Zhang, X.Fan and E.Sanchez-Sinencio, “A low-power, linearized, ultra-wideband LNA design technique,” IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, vol.44,no.2,pp.320–330,2009.
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[13] A. Mirvakili, M. Yavari and F.Raissi “A linear current-reused LNA for 3.1–10.6GHz UWB receivers,” IEICEElectron.Express,vol.5,no.21, pp.908–914,2008.
[14] J. Kaukovuori, M.Kaltiokallio and J.Ryynänen “Analysis and design of common- gate low-noise amplifier for wideband applications,” Int.J.CircuitTheoryAppl. pp.37257–37281,2009.
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