Design of a Low Power, Inductorless Wideband Variable-Gain Amplifier for High-Speed Receiver Systems

作者:Wang Yanjie*; Afshar Bagher; Ye Lu; Gaudet Vincent C; Niknejad Ali M
来源:IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I-Regular Papers, 2012, 59(4): 696-707.
DOI:10.1109/TCSI.2011.2169852

摘要

This paper presents the design and analysis of a wideband inductorless variable-gain amplifier (VGA) for high-speed communication receiver systems. The proposed methodology of using a dual-feedback network for bandwidth extension and dc offset cancellation is analyzed theoretically. The proof of concept is verified by a measured stand-alone VGA chip and it achieves several record performances compared to the existing publications up to date. The chip achieves a 2.2 GHz 3-dB bandwidth with wide tuning range from 10 dB up to 50 dB. Moreover, it consumes only 2.5 mW through a 1 V supply and occupies 0.01 mm(2) active area in a standard 90 nm CMOS technology.

  • 出版日期2012-4