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A Low Power and Flat Gain CMOS RFPA For UWB Applications Using Complementary Current Reuse Stage

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Last updated: 30 Dec 2024

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Electrical Engineering : Electric power generation, transmission, dist…d generation and micro grid, communication, control engineering, etc.

Abstract

A low power, high linearity, and flat gain ultra-wideband radio frequency power amplifier (UWB RFPA) circuit design for 3.1-10.6 GHz is proposed in 0.18 um CMOS process. To achieve linear and flat gain over the whole frequency band, the UWB RFPA is built using two stage circuits. A complementary Current-reused topology is applied to minimize the number of coils and present self-bias with improved power gain for the driver stage in the whole frequency band. In the meantime, each RF transistor's input and output terminals have a feedback network coupled by a resistor and a capacitor in series to enhance the gain flatness throughout the entire frequency range. The simulation results demonstrate that the UWB RFPA achieves the saturation output power of 15 dBm at 7.5 GHz. The UWB RFPA has a flat power gain (||S21||) of 21±0.5dB, output 1-dB compression point of 11±0.5dBm, maximum power-added efficiency (PAE) of 22±2%. The amplifier exhibits input and output reflection coefficients of less than -10dB and -10±3dB, respectively. Additionally, the reverse isolation is approximately -40dB, with a power consumption of 23.4 mW and 47 mW from a 1.8 V supply for driver stage and power stage respectively.

DOI

10.21608/svusrc.2024.337701.1249

Keywords

CMOS Amplifier, Feedback Network, Power Added Efficiency (PAE), linearity, Self-Bias

Authors

First Name

Ayman

Last Name

Ismaiel

MiddleName

Mahmoud

Affiliation

Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, South Valley University, Qena 83523, Egypt

Email

ayman_ismaiel@eng.svu.edu.eg

City

Qena

Orcid

0009-0004-2770-163X

First Name

Adel

Last Name

Abdel-Rahman

MiddleName

Bedair

Affiliation

Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, Alexandria 21934, Egypt

Email

adel.bedair@ejust.edu.eg

City

Alexandria

Orcid

0000-0002-1235-7627

First Name

Hany

Last Name

Atallah

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, South Valley University, Qena 83523, Egypt

Email

h.atallah@eng.svu.edu.eg

City

Qena

Orcid

0000-0001-5541-2326

Volume

6

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

51304

Issue Date

2025-06-01

Receive Date

2024-11-19

Publish Date

2025-06-01

Page Start

61

Page End

68

Print ISSN

2785-9967

Online ISSN

2735-4571

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https://svusrc.journals.ekb.eg/article_400889.html

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1,585

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Publication Title

SVU-International Journal of Engineering Sciences and Applications

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https://svusrc.journals.ekb.eg/

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A Low Power and Flat Gain CMOS RFPA For UWB Applications Using Complementary Current Reuse Stage

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30 Dec 2024