A programmable gain amplifier with a DC offset calibration loop for a directconversion WLAN transceiver  

作　　者：雷倩倩 林敏 陈治明 石寅 

机构地区：[1]Department of Applied Electronics,Xi'an University of Technology [2]Suzhou-CAS Semiconductors Integrated Technology Research Center

出　　处：《Journal of Semiconductors》2011年第4期124-130,共7页半导体学报（英文版）

摘　　要：A high-linearity PGA（programmable gain amplifier） with a DC offset calibration loop is proposed.The PGA adopts a differential degeneration structure to vary voltage gain and uses the closed-loop structure including the input op-amps to enhance the linearity.A continuous time feedback based DC offset calibration loop is also designed to solve the DC offset problem.This PGA is fabricated by TSMC 0.13μm CMOS technology.The measurements show that the receiver PGA（RXPGA） provides a 64 dB gain range with a step of 1 dB,and the transmitter PGA（TXPGA） covers a 16 dB gain.The RXPGA consumes 18 mA and the TXPGA consumes 7 mA （I and Q path） under a 3.3 V supply.The bandwidth of the multi-stage PGA is higher than 20 MHz.In addition,the DCOC（DC offset cancellation） circuit shows 10 kHz of HPCF（high pass cutoff frequency） and the DCOC settling time is less than 0.45μs.A high-linearity PGA（programmable gain amplifier） with a DC offset calibration loop is proposed.The PGA adopts a differential degeneration structure to vary voltage gain and uses the closed-loop structure including the input op-amps to enhance the linearity.A continuous time feedback based DC offset calibration loop is also designed to solve the DC offset problem.This PGA is fabricated by TSMC 0.13μm CMOS technology.The measurements show that the receiver PGA（RXPGA） provides a 64 dB gain range with a step of 1 dB,and the transmitter PGA（TXPGA） covers a 16 dB gain.The RXPGA consumes 18 mA and the TXPGA consumes 7 mA （I and Q path） under a 3.3 V supply.The bandwidth of the multi-stage PGA is higher than 20 MHz.In addition,the DCOC（DC offset cancellation） circuit shows 10 kHz of HPCF（high pass cutoff frequency） and the DCOC settling time is less than 0.45μs.

关 键 词：linear-in-dB PGA DC offset calibration 

分 类 号：TN722[电子电信—电路与系统] TN919.8