An inductorless multi-mode RF front end for GNSS receiver in 55 nm CMOS  

作　　者：罗彦彬 马成炎 甘业兵 钱敏 叶甜春 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Microelectronics,Chinese Academy of Sciences [2]Hangzhou Zhongke Microelectronics Co.Ltd.

出　　处：《Journal of Semiconductors》2015年第10期142-148,共7页半导体学报（英文版）

摘　　要：An inductorless multi-mode RF front end for a global navigation satellite system （GNSS） receiver is presented. Unlike the traditional topology of a low noise amplifier （LNA）, the inductorless current-mode noise- canceling LNA is applied in this design. The high-impedance-input radio frequency amplifier （RFA） further am- plifies the GNSS signals and changes the single-end signal path into fully differential. The passive mixer down- converts the signals to the intermediate frequency （IF） band and conveys the signals to the analogue blocks. The local oscillator （LO） buffer divides the output frequency of the voltage controlled oscillator （VCO） and generates 25%-duty-cycle quadrature square waves to drive the mixer. Our measurement results display that the implemented RF front end achieves good overall performance while consuming only 6.7 mA from 1.2 V supply. The input return loss is better than -26 dB and the ultra low noise figure of 1.43 dB leads to high sensitivity of the GNSS receiver. The input 1 dB compression point is -43 dBm at the high gain of 48 dB. The designed circuit is fabricated in 55 nm CMOS technology and the die area, which is much smaller than traditional circuit, is around 220×280 μm2.An inductorless multi-mode RF front end for a global navigation satellite system （GNSS） receiver is presented. Unlike the traditional topology of a low noise amplifier （LNA）, the inductorless current-mode noise- canceling LNA is applied in this design. The high-impedance-input radio frequency amplifier （RFA） further am- plifies the GNSS signals and changes the single-end signal path into fully differential. The passive mixer down- converts the signals to the intermediate frequency （IF） band and conveys the signals to the analogue blocks. The local oscillator （LO） buffer divides the output frequency of the voltage controlled oscillator （VCO） and generates 25%-duty-cycle quadrature square waves to drive the mixer. Our measurement results display that the implemented RF front end achieves good overall performance while consuming only 6.7 mA from 1.2 V supply. The input return loss is better than -26 dB and the ultra low noise figure of 1.43 dB leads to high sensitivity of the GNSS receiver. The input 1 dB compression point is -43 dBm at the high gain of 48 dB. The designed circuit is fabricated in 55 nm CMOS technology and the die area, which is much smaller than traditional circuit, is around 220×280 μm2.

关 键 词：RF front end noise figure （NF） input matching LINEARITY GNSS receiver 

分 类 号：TN965.5[电子电信—信号与信息处理]