A Gain Enhancement Structure Using 28-nm CMOS Process for V-band Power Amplifier Applications

Autor: Kai-Jie Chuang, Wen-Jie Lin, Yu-Chun Chen, Tian-Wei Huang, Jeng-Han Tsai, Wei-Ting Bai
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology (RFIT).
DOI: 10.1109/rfit52905.2021.9565301
Popis: This paper presents a gain enhancement layout structure which improves the performance of millimeter-wave power amplifier in 2S-nm CMOS, especially small signal gain. The measurement results demonstrate that small signal gain increases 1.3-dB from 16.2 dB to 17.5 dB in V-band power amplifier by means of gain enhancement structure without expanding chip area. Additionally, this structure was also utilized in a published 28-nm wideband power amplifier to demonstrate a 20-dB small signal gain in 28 GHz without losing the broad bandwidth.
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