Egidio Ragonese & Giuseppe Palmisano of STMicroelectronics & University of Catania present a 3-stage transformer-loaded cascode 24-GHz LNA for Automotive Radar. The transformers use a multi-layer interleaved spiral inductor structure. Momentum EM simulation and optimization of inductance and Q-factor are compared to measurements with Cascade Microtech prober, Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) & Noise Figure Analyser. Layout [...]
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24 GHz SiGe BiCMOS LNA for UWB Automotive Radar by STMicroelectronics
January 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Users Group Paper
8 GHz SiGe UWB Receiver Front-End Design in 0.25 um BICMOS SiGe by IHP
January 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Users Group Paper
Oleksiy Klymenko from IHP reviews Impulse Radio Receiver Architectures including coherent & non-coherent impulse detection principles and associated simulation techniques in 0.25 um SiGe C BICMOS UWB receiver. The receiver includes the analysis and design of passive balun, LNA, variable gain amplifier (VGA), multiplier, differential 4th & 7th order Bessel Low-Pass Filters. Transient time-domain and [...]
60 GHz Low Noise Amplifier Design Methodology in CMOS 65nm by STMicroelectronics
December 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Users Group Paper
Baudouin Martineau of STMicroelectronics gives an excellent overview of the 60 GHz millimeter wave market, applications including WPAN, automotive radar and 94 GHz imaging; semiconductor technology requirements and 65nm CMOS technology specifically; modeling, parametric cells, electromagnetic simulation, Momentum modeling of vertical and horizontal coupled transformers, LNA design methodology, using circuit and EM simulation and optimization.
Millimeter-wave [...]
Tags: 60 GHz·65nm·Amplifier·cascode·CMOS·EM·Harmonic Balance·LNA·mmW·Momentum·MOSFET·radar·SOI·V-Band·WLAN·WPAN
8W X-Band PHEMT PA Design by UMS
December 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Users Group Paper
Monolithic Microwave High Power Amplifiers on GaAs for Phased Array Radar deliver high efficiency for X-band applications. Huet, Bly and Serru of UMS demonstrates the design of a HPA using PHEMT technology.
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Tags: Amplifier·Class AB·combiner·DRC·GaAs·Gain Compression·Harmonic Balance·Layout·Load Pull·measurements·Momentum·MonteCarlo·optimization·PAE·PDK·PHEMT·Power Amplifier·stability analysis·X-band