Process and temperature compensation for RF low-noise amplifiers and mixers

Temperature and process variations have become key issues in the design of integrated circuits using deep submicron technologies. In RF front-end circuitry, many characteristics must be compensated in order to maintain acceptable performance across all process corners and throughout the temperature...

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Autores: Gómez Salinas, Dídac, Sroka, Milosz, González Jiménez, José Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/11053
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/11053
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2009.2031707
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Low noise amplifiers
Radio frequency microelectromechanical systems
Electronic circuits -- Temperature compensation
Metal oxide semiconductors, Complementary
Electronic engineering
Electrònica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica
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Sumario:Temperature and process variations have become key issues in the design of integrated circuits using deep submicron technologies. In RF front-end circuitry, many characteristics must be compensated in order to maintain acceptable performance across all process corners and throughout the temperature range. This paper proposes a new technique consisting of a compensation circuit that adapts and generates the appropriate bias voltage for LNAs and mixers so that the variability with temperature and process corners of their main performance metrics (S-parameters, gain, noise figure, etc.) is minimized.