Rabieirad, Lelah and Martinez, Edgar J. and Mohammadi, Saeed (2009) Mask Programmable CMOS Transistor Arrays for Wideband RF Integrated Circuits. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 57 (6). pp. 1439-1446. ISSN 0018-9480. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20090831-111245582
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Abstract
A mask programmable technology to implement RF and microwave integrated circuits using an array of standard 90-nm CMOS transistors is presented. Using this technology, three wideband amplifiers with more than 15-dB forward transmission gain operating in different frequency bands inside a 4-22-GHz range are implemented. The amplifiers achieve high gain-bandwidth products (79-96 GHz) despite their standard multistage designs. These amplifiers are based on an identical transistor array interconnected with application specific coplanar waveguide (CPW) transmission lines and on-chip capacitors and resistors. CPW lines are implemented using a one-metal-layer post-processing technology over a thick Parylene-N (15 mum ) dielectric layer that enables very low loss lines (~0.6 dB/mm at 20 GHz) and high-performance CMOS amplifiers. The proposed integration approach has the potential for implementing cost-efficient and high-performance RF and microwave circuits with a short turnaround time.
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Additional Information: | © Copyright 2009 IEEE. Manuscript received September 12, 2008; revised December 18, 2008. First published May 02, 2009; current version published June 10, 2009. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under Project ECCS 0802178. | |||||||||
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Subject Keywords: | Amplifiers; coplanar waveguide (CPW); gain-bandwidth product; mask programmable technology; Parylene-N; Si CMOS; transmission line; wideband circuits | |||||||||
Issue or Number: | 6 | |||||||||
Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20090831-111245582 | |||||||||
Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20090831-111245582 | |||||||||
Official Citation: | Rabieirad, L.; Martinez, E.J.; Mohammadi, S., "Mask Programmable CMOS Transistor Arrays for Wideband RF Integrated Circuits," Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on , vol.57, no.6, pp.1439-1446, June 2009 URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=4907233&isnumber=5071758 | |||||||||
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Deposited By: | George Porter | |||||||||
Deposited On: | 14 Sep 2009 18:50 | |||||||||
Last Modified: | 03 Oct 2019 00:58 |
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