An ESD-Aware 2.4 GHz PA Design for WLAN Application  

作　　者：SHI Zitao CHENG Yuhua WANG Albert WANG Yangyuan 

机构地区：[1]Shanghai Research Institute of Microelectronics, Peking University, Shanghai 201203, China [2]School of Information Science and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China [3]Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA 92501, USA

出　　处：《Chinese Journal of Electronics》2012年第3期389-394,共6页电子学报（英文版）

摘　　要：Electrostatic discharge （ESD） protection has become an emerging challenge for Radio frequency （RF） Integrated circuits （IC）. This paper reports the de- sign and optimization of an ESD-aware 2.4GHz Power am- plifier （PA） circuit in a 0.18pro RFCMOS technology. A mixed-mode ESD simulation-design method and an RF ESD characterization technique are used to accurately characterize and minimize ESD-induced parasitic effects. Significant improvement can be observed by applying this ESD-aware design technique in several areas, such as gain, linearity, and power-added efficiency.

关 键 词：Power amplifier design Electrostatic dis-charge （ESD） protection Radio frequency （RF） design In-tegrated circuit （IC） design ESD-aware IC design 

分 类 号：TN925.93[电子电信—通信与信息系统] TM08[电子电信—信息与通信工程]