A Wideband IM3 Cancellation Technique using Negative Impedance for LNAs with Cascode Topology

W. Cheng, Anne J. Annema, Gerhardus J.M. Wienk, Bram Nauta

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    Abstract

    A negative impedance is used to enable distortion cancellation between the transconductor and the cascode transistor for LNAs with a cascode topology. As a proof of concept, a resistive feedback LNA using this IM3 cancellation technique in a standard 0.16μm CMOS process shows that for 0.1GHz to 1GHz, improvements of 6.3dB to 10dB for IIP3 and 0.2dB to 1dB for gain are achieved without noise degradation. The power consumption for the LNA is increased by 2%, and the die area by about 700μm2.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationIEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2012
    Place of PublicationPiscataway, NJ
    PublisherIEEE
    Pages13-16
    Number of pages4
    ISBN (Electronic)978-1-4673-0416-0
    ISBN (Print)978-1-4673-0415-3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 17 Jun 2012
    Event2012 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2012 - Palais des Congrès in Montreal, Montreal, Canada
    Duration: 17 Jun 201219 Jun 2012

    Publication series

    NameDigest of papers IEEE
    PublisherIEEE Press
    ISSN (Print)1529-2517

    Conference

    Conference2012 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2012
    Abbreviated titleRFIC
    Country/TerritoryCanada
    CityMontreal
    Period17/06/1219/06/12

    Keywords

    • IR-81252
    • EWI-22175
    • METIS-287977

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