A compact low-power 140-GHz low-noise amplifier with 19-dB gain and 7-dB NF

Kaisa Ryynänen; Kari Stadius; Andreas Hammer; Mikko Varonen; Henrik Forsten; Tero Kiuru; Ville Viikari; Jussi Ryynänen

doi:10.1109/ISCAS51556.2021.9401529

A compact low-power 140-GHz low-noise amplifier with 19-dB gain and 7-dB NF

Kaisa Ryynänen^*, Kari Stadius, Andreas Hammer, Mikko Varonen, Henrik Forsten, Tero Kiuru, Ville Viikari, Jussi Ryynänen

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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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This paper describes the design of a 140-GHz low-noise amplifier in 130-nm SiGe BiCMOS technology. The circuit is aimed for a high integration-density imaging radiometer, where several receivers are integrated on the same die. Thus, we particularly focus on minimizing the die area and power consumption. The two-stage amplifier is composed of cascode stages with gain boosting base resonators. The performance of a single cascode stage is optimized by correctly sizing the base resonator to avoid instability and optimizing the compact transistor layout without typically used interstage matching between the cascode stages. The circuit features gain of 19 dB at 140 GHz, and noise figure of 7 dB, while consuming only 15 mW with the supply voltage of 2 V and occupying a die area of 0.1 mm²

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2021 - Proceedings
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-7281-9201-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS51556.2021.9401529
Publication status	Published - 2021
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems - Daegu, Korea, Republic of Duration: 22 May 2021 → 28 May 2021 Conference number: 53

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Name	IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems proceedings
ISSN (Print)	0271-4302
ISSN (Electronic)	2158-1525

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Conference	IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
Abbreviated title	ISCAS
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Daegu
Period	22/05/2021 → 28/05/2021

Keywords

BiCMOS
HBT
Low-noise amplifier
Phased array
Radiometer
SiGe

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Ryynänen, K., Stadius, K., Hammer, A., Varonen, M., Forsten, H., Kiuru, T., Viikari, V., & Ryynänen, J. (2021). A compact low-power 140-GHz low-noise amplifier with 19-dB gain and 7-dB NF. In 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2021 - Proceedings Article 9401529 (IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems proceedings). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS51556.2021.9401529

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2021 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2021 - Proceedings. IEEE, 2021. 9401529 (IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems proceedings).

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