• Journal of Semiconductors
  • Vol. 41, Issue 6, 062401 (2020)
Shizhe Wei1, Haifeng Wu2, Qian Lin3, and Mingzhe Zhang1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Microelectronics, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 2Chengdu Ganide Technology, Chengdu 610073, China
  • 3College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineer, Qinghai University for Nationalities, Xining 810007, China
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    DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/41/6/062401 Cite this Article
    Shizhe Wei, Haifeng Wu, Qian Lin, Mingzhe Zhang. A 0.1–1.5 GHz multi-octave quadruple-stacked CMOS power amplifier[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2020, 41(6): 062401 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    In this letter, we design and analyze 0.1–1.5 GHz multi-octave quadruple-stacked CMOS power amplifier (PA) in 0.18 μm CMOS technology. By using two-stage quadruple-stacked topology and feedback technology, the proposed PA realizes an ultra-wideband CMOS PA in a small chip area. Wideband impedance matching is achieved with smaller chip dimension. The effects of feedback resistors on the RF performance are also discussed for this stacked-FET PA. The PA shows measured input return loss (< –10.8 dB) and output return loss (< –9.6 dB) in the entire bandwidth. A saturated output power of 22 dBm with maximum 20% power added efficiency (PAE) is also measured with the drain voltage at 5 V. The chip size is 0.44 mm2 including all pads.
    $g_{\rm{mstack}} = \frac{{g_{\rm{m1}}}}{{\left( {1 + \dfrac{{sC_{\rm{gs2}}}}{{g_{\rm{m2}}}}} \right) \left( {1 + \dfrac{{sC_{\rm{gs3}}}}{{g_{\rm{m3}}}}} \right) \left( {1 + \dfrac{{sC_{\rm{gs4}}}}{{g_{\rm{m4}}}}} \right)}}.$(1)

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    $A_{\rm{v}} = \frac{{Z_{\rm{L}} + g_{\rm{mstack}} R_{\rm{f}} Z_{\rm{L}}}}{{Z_{\rm{L}} - R_{\rm{f}}}},$(2)

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    $Z_{\rm{in}} = \frac{{R_{\rm{f}}}}{{j\omega C_{\rm{gs1}}R_{\rm{f}} + A_{\rm{v }}- 1}},$(3)

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    ${Z_{{\rm{out}}}} = \frac{{{R_{\rm{f}}} + {Z_{{\rm{out'}}}}}}{{1 + {g_{{\rm{mstack}}}}{Z_{{\rm{out'}}}}}}.$(4)

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    Shizhe Wei, Haifeng Wu, Qian Lin, Mingzhe Zhang. A 0.1–1.5 GHz multi-octave quadruple-stacked CMOS power amplifier[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2020, 41(6): 062401
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