impedance

Adaptive Linearity Enhancement of Low-Noise Amplifiers Using Doherty Active Load Modulation

Adaptive Linearity Enhancement of Low-Noise Amplifiers Using Doherty Active Load Modulation 150 150

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This article introduces Doherty active load modulation into low-noise amplifier (LNA) designs to dynamically enhance linearity. Under nominal small-signal conditions, the proposed LNA operates like conventional counterparts, consuming no additional power. When strong in-band blockers are present, auxiliary paths are adaptively engaged to activate a high-linearity mode without incurring a …

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A 142–164-GHz Phased-Array AiP Module With High-Power-Density and High-Efficiency Transceiver in 65-nm CMOS for 6G UE

A 142–164-GHz Phased-Array AiP Module With High-Power-Density and High-Efficiency Transceiver in 65-nm CMOS for 6G UE 150 150

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This work presents a D-band high-power-density four-element phased-array transceiver for 6G user equipment (UE). Conventional designs require large multi-stage LO generation circuits for D-band up/down conversion, making it difficult to achieve compact size and low-power consumption. To address this, we propose an integrated LO chain using an injection-locked tripling …

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A K/Ka-Band Transmit/Receive Front-End With Triple-Coupled Transformer Technique in 65-nm Bulk CMOS

A K/Ka-Band Transmit/Receive Front-End With Triple-Coupled Transformer Technique in 65-nm Bulk CMOS 150 150

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This article presents a K/Ka-band transmit/receive (T/R) front-end for jointed sensing and communication (JSAC) applications. A reconfigurable matching network for both signal reception and transmission is realized using the proposed triple-coupled transformer (TCT) technique, achieving low power loss and a compact footprint. The T/R switch at …

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A 2–18 GHz High-Efficiency CMOS Nonuniform Distributed Power Amplifier With a Novel Reconfigurable Inductive Termination

A 2–18 GHz High-Efficiency CMOS Nonuniform Distributed Power Amplifier With a Novel Reconfigurable Inductive Termination 150 150

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This article presents a 2–18 GHz high-efficiency CMOS nonuniform distributed power amplifier (NDPA) with a novel reconfigurable inductive termination technique for ultra-broadband efficiency enhancement. First, the inherent drawback of the degrading efficiency with growing frequency in a conventional non-reconfigurable NDPA architecture with multi-octave bandwidth is studied. A simple and effective reconfigurable …

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A Pseudo-Series Resonance CMOS Oscillator

A Pseudo-Series Resonance CMOS Oscillator 150 150

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This article presents a single-core, low-phase-noise (PN) digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) employing a pseudo-series resonance (pseudo-SR) technique with a transformer-based resonator. The proposed pseudo-SR resonator offers two key advantages: 1) a low impedance with a 180° phase shift at the impedance pole, emulating series resonance (SR) to enable single-stage oscillation and reduce …

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A Compact Reconfigurable Dual-Path Dual-Band LNA for 5G NR FR2 Applications

A Compact Reconfigurable Dual-Path Dual-Band LNA for 5G NR FR2 Applications 150 150

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This article presents a reconfigurable dual-path dual-band low noise amplifier (LNA) for fifth generation (5G) millimeter-wave (mmW) communications. A novel band-switching input matching architecture based on the cross-connected transistors is proposed to achieve optimal dual-band input matching and $g_{m}$ -boosting. This architecture allows the dual-band input transistors to share …

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Analysis and Design of Power Amplifier Using Parallel-Combined Multisegment Transformer

Analysis and Design of Power Amplifier Using Parallel-Combined Multisegment Transformer 150 150

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This letter presents a highly efficient power amplifier (PA) using a parallel-combined vertical multisegment transformer for 5G new radio (NR) applications operating in bands n257 and n258, in a 65-nm bulk CMOS process. A multisegment transformer facilitates a lower provided input impedance than a conventional transformer, enabling the PA to …

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A Compact, Wideband Complex Cascode Power Amplifier With LC Neutralization for VSWR-Resilient Operation in High-Density Phased Arrays

A Compact, Wideband Complex Cascode Power Amplifier With LC Neutralization for VSWR-Resilient Operation in High-Density Phased Arrays 150 150

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This article proposes a design methodology for achieving intrinsic performance resilience in power amplifiers (PAs) against antenna impedance variations inherent to modern phased-array systems through the improvement of the PA output matching ( $S!_{22}$ ). This goal, however, presents a challenge for conventional cascode PAs due to their inherently high output impedance …

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A 39.4-mW 300 MHz-BW 70.9 dB-SNDR Hybrid ADC With Resistive Input and 200 fs, rms-Jitter Tolerance

A 39.4-mW 300 MHz-BW 70.9 dB-SNDR Hybrid ADC With Resistive Input and 200 fs, rms-Jitter Tolerance 150 150

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This letter presents a power-efficient hybrid ADC architecture: a low-resolution continuous-time (CT) delta-sigma modulator (DSM) followed by a time-interleaved pipeline stage which further quantizes the quantization noise of the DSM. In the frontend CT DSM, the resistive input makes the ADC easy-to-drive, and the direct-charge-dump feedback (DCD FB) provides a …

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