{"title":"A 94GHz differential power amplifier in 45nm LP CMOS","authors":"N. Deferm, J. Osorio, A. de Graauw, P. Reynaert","doi":"10.1109/RFIC.2011.5940685","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a 94GHz 4-stage differential transformer-coupled power amplifier with capacitive neutralization. The use of transformers results in excellent common mode isolation between the different stages while providing a good impedance match. The neutralized differential pairs guarantee differential stability. The PA was designed in a 45nm LP CMOS technology. An output 1dB compression point of +4dBm and a gain of 18dB was measured. The total chip area is 0.43mm2 and the active part consumes only 0.07mm2. The 3dB bandwidth is 14GHz. Power consumption is 120mW from a 1V supply, resulting in a peak PAE of 4.6%.","PeriodicalId":448165,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2011-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"19","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2011 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2011.5940685","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper presents a 94GHz 4-stage differential transformer-coupled power amplifier with capacitive neutralization. The use of transformers results in excellent common mode isolation between the different stages while providing a good impedance match. The neutralized differential pairs guarantee differential stability. The PA was designed in a 45nm LP CMOS technology. An output 1dB compression point of +4dBm and a gain of 18dB was measured. The total chip area is 0.43mm2 and the active part consumes only 0.07mm2. The 3dB bandwidth is 14GHz. Power consumption is 120mW from a 1V supply, resulting in a peak PAE of 4.6%.