A gain boosting single stage cascode LNA for millimeter-wave applications

• Main Authors: Harsoori, M.M., Zulkifli, T.Z.A., Abbas, U., Sattar, S.
• Format: Article
• Published: IEEE Computer Society 2018
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85046335550&doi=10.1109%2fPRIMEASIA.2017.8280376&partnerID=40&md5=5a337d343334d0e5255999efcde22595; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/21780/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

This paper presents the design of 60 GHz low noise amplifier (LNA) aimed at realizing IEEE 802.11ad standard using 0.13-μm RF CMOS technology. Single stage cascode with source degeneration topology employing a gain boosting technique is adopted for better isolation and gain performance in millimeter-wave (mmW) frequency band. The simulation of the LNA yields the input reflection coefficient (S11) of -20.75 dB, forward transmission gain (S21) of 7.75 dB, and reverse isolation (£12) of 8.64 dB. The LNA design achieves a noise figure (NF) of 8.9 dB with minimum noise figure (NFmin) of 7.8 dB at 60 GHz. Thus, the design generates power dissipation of 15.17 mW for 1.2 V supply voltage. © 2017 IEEE.