Volume 33, Issue 7 e4486
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Design and analysis of 28 GHz CMOS low power LNA with 6.4 dB gain variability for 5G applications

A. Andrew Roobert

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A. Andrew Roobert

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India

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A. Andrew Roobert, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.

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P. Sherly Arunodhayamary

P. Sherly Arunodhayamary

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India

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D. Gracia Nirmala Rani

D. Gracia Nirmala Rani

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

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M. Venkatesh

M. Venkatesh

School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, REVA University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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L. Jerart Julus

L. Jerart Julus

Department of Information Technology, National Engineering College, Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu, India

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First published: 10 March 2022

Abstract

A 28 GHz two stage low noise amplifier (LNA) is proposed with envelope detection technique for power reduction (21.62%) and tunable negative feedback capacitor for gain variation in 40 nm CMOS technology. The envelope detection circuit turn-on the second half of the LNA by the RF signal input received at the first stage. The default gain is increased (31.53%) by the tunable negative feedback capacitor circuit of the LNA with the control voltage from 0 to 1 V. In addition, 6.22 GHz of bandwidth is achieved with the tunable gain from 20.3 dB to 26.7 dB. The first stage of the LNA is designed with the inductive source degeneration for the noise reduction, and the multiple-gate topology is involved in the second stage to improve the linearity. The third-order input intercept point and the noise figure of the LNA are −7 dBm and 2.86 dB, respectively. When the second stage is turned-on and turned-off the LNA consumes 7.4 mW and 5.8 mW of power, respectively, from the 1 V supply. The proposed LNA requires 0.19 mm2 of core area. The performance of the LNA under process corner variation and temperature variation are analyzed.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The authors declare no potential conflict of interest.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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