TY - GEN
T1 - A 6-10-GHz CMOS power amplifier with an inter-stage wideband impedance transformer for UWB transmitters
AU - Chung, H. W.
AU - Hsu, C. Y.
AU - Yang, C. Y.
AU - Wei, K. F.
AU - Chuang, H. R.
PY - 2008/12/1
Y1 - 2008/12/1
N2 - A 6-10-GHz broadband CMOS power amplifier (PA) for Ultra-wideband (UWB) transmitters is presented. An inter-stage wideband impedance transformer is designed between the small-signal stage and driver amplifier for the wideband operation. The UWB PA is implemented in the 0.18-μm 1P6M standard UMC CMOS process. Fully on-wafer measurement shows that the fabricated PA exhibits an average small-signal gain, P1dB, and PAE of 8.5 dB, 5 dBm, and 14.4%, respectively, from 6 to 10 GHz. A low power consumption of only 18 mW is obtained from a voltage of 1.5 V.
AB - A 6-10-GHz broadband CMOS power amplifier (PA) for Ultra-wideband (UWB) transmitters is presented. An inter-stage wideband impedance transformer is designed between the small-signal stage and driver amplifier for the wideband operation. The UWB PA is implemented in the 0.18-μm 1P6M standard UMC CMOS process. Fully on-wafer measurement shows that the fabricated PA exhibits an average small-signal gain, P1dB, and PAE of 8.5 dB, 5 dBm, and 14.4%, respectively, from 6 to 10 GHz. A low power consumption of only 18 mW is obtained from a voltage of 1.5 V.
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U2 - 10.1109/EUMC.2008.4751449
DO - 10.1109/EUMC.2008.4751449
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:62349104109
SN - 9782874870064
T3 - Proceedings of the 38th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2008
SP - 305
EP - 308
BT - Proceedings of the 38th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2008
T2 - 38th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2008
Y2 - 27 October 2008 through 31 October 2008
ER -