A Dual-Band CMOS Low-Noise Amplifier using Memristor-Based Tunable Inductors

Nicolas Wainstein, Tamir Tsabari, Yarden Goldin, Eilam Yalon, Shahar Kvatinsky

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Abstract

The growing demand for multi-band and multi-standard wireless devices requires flexible architectures that can reutilize the different blocks in the RF chains to reduce size and power consumption. The traditional multi-band radio with an RF chain per band is no longer scalable. Memristive devices have shown excellent performance as RF switches and also have a small footprint. Furthermore, as they are fabricated in the back-end of line of CMOS process, they enable tunability to integrated spiral inductors. In this paper, we present the design and simulations of a dual-band (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) source degenerated low-noise amplifier (LNA) using memristive-via switched tunable inductors. Owing to the tunable inductor, the dual-band LNA has negligible area overhead compared to its single-band sibling. The LNA is designed using a 0.18-μm RF CMOS technology and achieves a gain of 18.8 dB and 10.3 dB at 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz, respectively, and a noise figure (NF) below 2.3 dB at both bands. In addition, we present a semi-automated design methodology for the tunable inductors.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2019 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2019
Pages290-295
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538670996
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2019
Event18th IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2019 - Miami, United States
Duration: 15 Jul 201917 Jul 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI
Volume2019-July

Conference

Conference18th IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMiami
Period15/07/1917/07/19

Keywords

  • CBRAM
  • RF CMOS
  • RF switch
  • RFIC
  • dual-band
  • low-noise amplifier
  • memristive devices
  • memristor
  • noise figure
  • phase change RF switch
  • reconfigurable RF
  • resistive memory
  • tunable inductor

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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