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IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI '07)
Systematic Design Optimization Methodology for Multi-Band CMOS Low Noise Amplifiers
Porto Alegre, Brazil
March 09-March 11
ISBN: 0-7695-2896-1
Arthur Nieuwoudt, Rice University, Houston, Texas
Tamer Ragheb, Rice University, Houston, Texas
Yehia Massoud, Rice University, Houston, Texas
In this paper, we develop a systematic design optimization methodology for switchable multi-band CMOS low noise amplifiers (LNA) in fully integrated multi-standard wireless receivers. We simultaneously optimize the performance of the LNA in each frequency band in order to ef- fciently design circuits with low noise that meet the speci fied impedance matching, gain, and power dissipation requirements. The results indicate that we are able to generate multi-band LNA designs with greater performance and fewer switchable components than those generated using traditional manual design techniques. Three design examples with up to 4 operating frequency bands demonstrate the versatility of the proposed method.
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Arthur Nieuwoudt, Tamer Ragheb, Yehia Massoud, "Systematic Design Optimization Methodology for Multi-Band CMOS Low Noise Amplifiers," isvlsi, pp.139-144, IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI '07), 2007
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