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    Poster
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    Kaisa Ryynänen Headshot
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    Kaisa Ryynänen
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Aalto University
    Country
    Country
    Finland
    Abstract

    This paper describes the design of a 140-GHz low-noise amplifier in 130-nm SiGe BiCMOS technology. The circuit is aimed for a high integration-density imaging radiometer, where several receivers are integrated on the same die. Thus, we particularly focus on minimizing the die area and power consumption. The two-stage amplifier is composed of cascode stages with gain boosting base resonators. The performance of a single cascode stage is optimized by correctly sizing the base resonator to avoid instability. The circuit features gain of 19 dB at 140 GHz, and noise figure of 7 dB, while consuming only 15 mW and occupying a die area of 0.1 mm².

    Slides
    • A Compact Low-Power 140-GHz Low-Noise Amplifier with 19-dB Gain and 7-dB NF (application/pdf)