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A 60 GHz transformer‐coupled neutralized low power CMOS power amplifier
Author(s) -
Chen Bo,
Shen Li,
Gao Jianjun
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.29378
Subject(s) - electrical engineering , rf power amplifier , amplifier , linear amplifier , direct coupled amplifier , power bandwidth , transformer , power added efficiency , cmos , engineering , electronic engineering , operational amplifier , voltage
A 60 GHz transformer‐coupled class AB 3‐stage low power amplifier (PA) has been implemented in a 130 nm standard RF‐CMOS process. The transformer, featuring direct impedance transformation and power combining is suitable for 60 GHz power amplifier design. This power amplifier operates from 1.2 V supply with 9.9 dB gain at 62 GHz, dissipates 58 mW DC power, and the reverse isolation is better than 39 dB from 50 to 67 GHz. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 55:2487–2491, 2015