RF transconductor linearization technique robust to process, voltage and temperature variations

H. Kundur Subramaniyan; Eric A.M. Klumperink; Bram Nauta; Srinivasan Venkatesh; Ali Kiaei

doi:10.1109/ASSCC.2014.7008928

RF transconductor linearization technique robust to process, voltage and temperature variations

H. Kundur Subramaniyan
, Eric A.M. Klumperink
, Bram Nauta
, Srinivasan Venkatesh
, Ali Kiaei

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Abstract

A new reconfigurable linearized low noise transconductance amplifier (LNTA) design for a software-defined radio receiver is presented. The transconductor design aims at realizing high linearity at RF in a way that is robust for Process, Voltage and Temperature variations. It exploits resistive degeneration in combination with a floating battery by-pass circuit and replica biasing to improve IIP3 in a robust way. The LNTA with current domain mixer is implemented in a 45nm CMOS process. Compared to an inverter based LNTA with the same transconductance, it improves PIIP3 from 2 dBm to a robust PIIP3 of 8 dBm at the cost of 67% increase in power consumption.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2014
Place of Publication	Piscataway
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	333-336
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4799-4089-9
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4799-4090-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ASSCC.2014.7008928
Publication status	Published - 11 Nov 2014
Event	IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2014 - Kaohsiung, Taiwan Duration: 10 Nov 2014 → 12 Nov 2014

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Conference	IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2014
Abbreviated title	A-SSCC
Country/Territory	Taiwan
City	Kaohsiung
Period	10/11/14 → 12/11/14

Keywords

CMOS
Software-defiened radio
Reciever
Linearity
Transconductor
Transconductor Figure-of-Merit
PVT
Robust circuit design

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Kundur Subramaniyan, H, Klumperink, EAM , Nauta, B, Venkatesh, S & Kiaei, A 2014, RF transconductor linearization technique robust to process, voltage and temperature variations. in IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2014. IEEE, Piscataway, pp. 333-336, IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2014, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 10/11/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/ASSCC.2014.7008928

RF transconductor linearization technique robust to process, voltage and temperature variations. / Kundur Subramaniyan, H.; Klumperink, Eric A.M.; Nauta, Bram et al.
IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2014. Piscataway: IEEE, 2014. p. 333-336.

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