• The Proceeding of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.23-30
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• 2003

본 고에서는 마이크로파 대역에서 우수한 전력특성을 보이는 GaAs HBT를 이용한 광대역 고출력 전력증폭기 설계에 대하여 살펴본다. GaAs HBT의 전력 소자로서의 장점과 설계시 고려해야 할 단위 전력 소자의 설계, 열적 안정성 문제, 바이어스 회로설계, 그리고 광대역 설계 기법에 대하여 간단히 소개한다. 그리고, 본 연구에서 2~6 GHz 광대역 고출력 전력증폭기를 캐스코드(cascode) HBT를 이용하여 설계하였다. 측정 결과, 2 W의 평균 출력 전력, 10 dB의 이득, 24~43 %의 전력 부가 효율을 얻을 수 있었으며, 칩 크기는 $1.6{\times}2.4 mm^2$로서 매우 작았다. 이 결과를 기존에 개발된 GaAs HBT 광대역 고출력 전력증폭기와 비교 분석하였으며, 칩 면적당 대역폭과 출력 전력, 효율이 아주 우수함을 알 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2012.10a
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• pp.829-831
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• 2012

본 논문은 차량 추돌 예방 레이더용 고 이득 저전력 저잡음 특성을 가진 24GHz 저잡음 증폭기(LNA)를 제안한다. 이러한 회로는 TSMC $0.13{\mu}m$ 혼성신호/고주파 CMOS 공정($f_T/f_{MAX}=120/140GHz$)으로 설계되어 있다. 증폭기의 전압 이득을 향상시키기 위해 2단 캐스코드 구조로 구성되어 있다. 제안한 저잡음 증폭기는 최근 발표된 연구결과에 비해 41dB의 가장 높은 전압이득과 3.7dB의 가장 낮은 잡음지수 및 2.8dBm의 가장 우수한 IIP3 특성을 각각 보였다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.26 no.5B
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• pp.639-644
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 저전압(2V) 동작이 가능하도록 high-swing cascode 방식을 이용한 능동소자를 제안하고, 이를 이용하여 400MHz의 차단주파수 특성을 나타내는 저역통과 능동필터를 설계하였다. 제안된 적분기는 이득특성에 영향을 주는 트랜스컨덕스값을 증가시키기 위해 CMOS 상보형 캐스코드 방식을 이용하여 구성되었다. 0.25$\mu\textrm{m}$ CMOS n-well 공정 파라미터를 이용한 Hspice 시뮬레이션 결과, 제안된 적분기는 2V 공급전압하에서 42dB의 이득값과 200MHz의 단위이득주파수 특성을 나타내었다. 또한 이를 이용하여 설계된 저역통과 능동필터는 400MHz의 차단주파수 특성을 나타내고 368MHz에서 416MHz까지 튜닝이 가능하였다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.13-20
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• 2001

In this appear, we proposed the new current mirror has large output resistance and excellent current matching characteristics. If supply voltage were lowered under the conventional CMOS operational amplifier, the wing of out put power could be restricted. So, the paper suggests a new way of differential operational amplifier circuit to solve the problem. The paper proposes that a new current mirror increases output swing and has a stable operation. We compare and verify characteristics of the proposed current mirror with the cascoded current mirror and the regulated current mirror through simulation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.183-186
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• 1999

A 900 71Hz RF band-pass amplifier for wireless communication systems is designed and fabricated. HSPICE simulation results show that the amplifier can achieve a tunable center frequency between 880 MHz and 920 MHz. The gain of designed amplifier is 19 dB at Q=88, and the power dissipation is about 61 mW under 3 V power supply by using the spiral inductor with negative-7m circuit and center frequency tunning circuit. The designed band-pass amplifier is implemented by using 0.6 um 2-poly-3-metal standard CMOS process.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.50 no.7
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• pp.122-130
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• 2013

This work proposes a 12b 100MS/s 45nm CMOS four-step pipeline ADC for high-speed digital communication systems requiring high resolution, low power, and small size. The input SHA employs a gate-bootstrapping circuit to sample wide-band input signals with an accuracy of 12 bits or more. The input SHA and MDACs adopt two-stage op-amps with a gain-boosting technique to achieve the required DC gain and high signal swing range. In addition, cascode and Miller frequency-compensation techniques are selectively used for wide bandwidth and stable signal settling. The cascode current mirror minimizes current mismatch by channel length modulation and supply variation. The finger width of current mirrors and amplifiers is laid out in the same size to reduce device mismatch. The proposed supply- and temperature-insensitive current and voltage references are implemented on chip with optional off-chip reference voltages for various system applications. The prototype ADC in a 45nm CMOS demonstrates the measured DNL and INL within 0.88LSB and 1.46LSB, respectively. The ADC shows a maximum SNDR of 61.0dB and a maximum SFDR of 74.9dB at 100MS/s, respectively. The ADC with an active die area of $0.43mm^2$ consumes 29.8mW at 100MS/s and a 1.1V supply.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.359-369
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• 2020

In this paper, we proposed a charge pump (CP) circuit that has a wide operating range while reducing the current mismatch for the PLL that generates the main clock of the CMOS X-Ray detector. The operating range and current mismatch of the CP circuit are determined by the characteristics of the current source circuit for the CP circuit. The proposed CP circuit is implemented with a wide operating current mirror bias circuit to secure a wide operating range and a cascode structure with a large output resistance to reduce current mismatch. The proposed wide operating range cascode CP circuit was fabricated as a chip using a 350nm CMOS process, and current matching characteristics were measured using a source measurement unit. At this time, the power supply voltage was 3.3 V and the CP circuit current ICP = 100 ㎂. The operating range of the proposed CP circuit is △VO_Swing=2.7V, and the maximum current mismatch is 5.15 % and the maximum current deviation is 2.64 %. The proposed CP circuit has low current mismatch characteristics and can cope with a wide frequency range, so it can be applied to systems requiring various clock speed.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.38 no.12
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• pp.75-84
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• 2001

Due to the high density of integration in current integrated circuit layouts, circuit elements must be designed to minimize the effect of parasitic elements and thereby minimize the factors which can degrade circuit performance. Thus, before making a chip, circuit designers should check whether the extracted netlist is correct, and verify from a simulation whether the circuit performance satisfies the design specifications. In this paper, we propose a new block disassembly technique which can extract the geometric parameters of stacked MOSFETs and the distributed RCs of layout blocks. After applying this to the layout of a folded-cascode CMOS operational amplifier, we verified the connectivity and the effect of the components by simulating the extracted netlist with HSPICE.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Industry Society
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• v.2 no.10
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• pp.1253-1260
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• 2001

In this paper, a new voltage-controlled tunable analog active element for low-voltage applications and information protection is proposed. The proposed active element is composed of the CMOS complementary cascode circuit which can extend transconductance of an element. Therefore, the unity gain frequency which is determined transconductance is increased than that of the conventional element. And then these results are verified by the $0.25\mutextrm{m}$ CMOS n-well parameter HSPICE simulation. As a result, the gain and the unity gain frequency are 42㏈ and 200MHz respectively in the element on 2V supply voltage. And power dissipation of the designed circuit is 0.32mW.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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• v.46 no.1
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• pp.63-67
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• 2009

Current mismatch in a charge pump causes degradation in spectral purity of the phase locked loops(PLLs), such as reference spurs. The current mismatch can be reduced by increasing the output resistance of the charge pump, as in a cascoded output stage. However as the supply voltage is lowered, it is hard to stack transistors. In this paper, a new method for reducing the current mismatch is proposed. The proposed method is based on a feed-forward compensation for the channel length modulation effect of the output stage. The new method has been demonstrated through simulations on typical $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS circuits.