• 한국정보기술학회 영문논문지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.37-43
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• 2020

This paper presents analysis of passive metal interconnection of the LNA block in CMOS integrated circuit. The performance of circuit is affected by the geometry of RF signal path. To investigate the effect of interconnection lines, a cascode LNA is designed, and circuit simulations with full-wave electromagnetic (EM) simulations are executed for different positions of a component. As the results, the position of an external capacitor (C_ex) changes the parasitic capacitance of electric coupling; the placement of component affects the circuit performance. This analysis of interconnection line is helpful to analyze the amount of electromagnetic coupling between the lines, and useful to choose the signal path in the layout design. The target of this work is the RF LNA enabling the seamless connection of wireless data network and the following standards have to be supported in multi-band (WCDMA: 2.11~ 2.17 GHz, CDMA200 1x : 1.84~1.87 GHz, WiBro : 2.3~2.4GHz) mobile application. This work has been simulated and verified by Cadence spectre RF tool and Ansoft HFSS. And also, this work has been implemented in a 0.13um RF CMOS technology process.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.162-170
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• 2004

A 900MHz CMOS RF power amplifier with digitally controllable output power has been proposed and designed with 0.6${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ standard CMOS technology. The designed power amplifier was composed of digitally controllable switch mode pre-amplifiers with an integrated 4nH spiral inductor load and class-C output stage. Especially, to compensate the 1ow Q of integrated spiral inductor, cascode amplifier with a Q-enhancement circuit is used. It has been shown that the proposed power control technique allows the output power to change from almost 3dBm to 13.5dBm. And it has a maximum PAE(Power Added Efficiency) of almost 55％ at 900MHz operating frequency and 3V power supply voltage.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.56-62
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• 2004

We present a multi-Gbit/s digital I/O interface based on RF-modulation and capacitive-coupling over an impedance matched transmission line. The RF-interconnect(RFI) can greatly reduce the digital switching noise and eliminate the dc power dissipation over the channel. It also enables reduced signal amplitude(as low as 200 ㎷) with enhanced data rate and affordable circuit overhead. This paper addresses the system advantages and implementation issues of RFI. A prototype on-chip RFI transceiver is implemented in 0.18-${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ CMOS. It demonstrates a maximum data rate of 2.2 Gbit/s via 10.5-㎓ RF-modulation. The RFI can be very instrumental for future high-speed inter- and intra-ULSI data links.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.277-282
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• 2008

A fully integrated inductorless CMOS impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) receiver is implemented using $0.18\;{\mu}m$ CMOS technology for 3-5 GHz application. The UWB receiver adopts the non-coherent architecture, which removes the complexity of RF architecture and reduces power consumption. The receiver consists of inductorless differential three stage LNA, envelope detector, variable gain amplifier (VGA), and comparator. The measured sensitivity is -70 dBm in the condition of 5 Mbps and BER of $10^{-3}$. The receiver chip size is only $1.8\;mm\;{\times}\;0.9\;mm$. The consumed current is 15 mA with 1.8 V supply.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.530-538
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 표준 디지털 0.18 ${\mu}m$ CMOS 공정을 기반으로 하는 RF 집적회로 설계를 위해 인덕터 라이브러리를 개발하였다. 개발된 인덕터 라이브러리에는 일반적인 표준(standard) 구조의 인덕터를 비롯하여, PGS(Patterned Ground Shield)를 적용하여 Q 지수를 향상시킨 인덕터, 금속선의 직렬 저항을 줄임으로써 Q 지수를 향상시킨 다층금속선(multilayer) 인덕터, 같은 면적에서 높은 인덕턴스 구현에 유리한 적층형(stacked) 인덕터 등을 포함한다. 본 논문에서는 각 인덕터 구조에 대하여 측정 결과와 3차원 전자기파 시뮬레이션 결과를 바탕으로 한 특성 해석 및 비교 분석을 하였고, 각 구조에 대한 등가회로 모델 확립 및 추출 과정도 연구하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 바탕으로 여러 설계 요구 사항을 만족시키는 최적의 인덕터 설계가 가능해졌으며 표준 CMOS 공정을 이용하는 저가의 RF 집적회로 개발이 가능해진다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제46권9호
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• pp.68-73
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• 2009

본 논문은 CMOS RF 집적 회로 측정 시 측정 회로의 디지털 실시간 제어를 위한 직렬 주변 인터페이스 회로의 풀커스팀(Full Custom) 방식 CMOS 집적 회로 구현과 이의 구동 소프트웨어의 개발에 관하여 기술하였다. 개발된 SPI는 제어하고자 하는 회로의 복잡도에 따라 필요한 어드레스 (Address)의 크기를 쉽게 확장 또는 축소 할 수 있는 구조로 설계 되었고 이의 구동 소프트웨어도 이에 따라 쉽게 재구성할 수 있도록 설계되었다. 따라서, 본 SPI는 다양한 종류의 CMOS RF 집적회로 설계 시 요구되는 복잡도에 따라 최적의 구조로 효과적으로 변경할 수 있도록 구성되었으며 검증대상 RF회로를 효율적으로 검증할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 설계된 재구성형 SPI는 $0.13{\mu}m$ CMOS 공정으로 제작되었으며 동일 칩에 제작된 2.7GHz CMOS RF 분수형 주파수 합성기를 통하여 성공적 검증되었다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2006년도 하계종합학술대회
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• pp.615-616
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• 2006

Nowadays, the need of multi-mode/multi-band transceiver is rapidly increasing, so we design a direct conversion RF front-end for multi-mode/multi-band receiver that support WCDMA/CDMA2000/WIBRO standard. It consists of variable gain reconfigurable LNA and single input double balanced Mixer and complementary differential LC Oscillator. The circuit is implemented in 0.18 um RF CMOS technology and is suitable for low-cost mode/multi-band.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.198-206
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• 2011

This paper presents a new programmable compensation circuit (PCC) for a System-on-Chip (SoC). The PCC is integrated with $0.18-{\mu}m$ BiCMOS SiGe technology. It consists of RF Design-for-Testability (DFT) circuit, Resistor Array Bank (RAB) and digital signal processor (DSP). To verify performance of the PCC we built a 5-GHz low noise amplifier (LNA) with an on-chip RAB using the same technology. Proposed circuit helps it to provide DC output voltages, hence, making the RF system chain automatic. It automatically adjusts performance of an LNA with the processor in the SoC when it goes out of the normal range of operation. The PCC also compensates abnormal operation due to the unusual PVT (Process, Voltage and Thermal) variations in RF circuits.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.595-604
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• 2016

Utilizing a standard 130-nm CMOS process, a RF frontend is designed at 24 GHz for automotive collision avoidance radar application. Single IF direct conversion receiver (DCR) architecture is adopted to achieve high integration level and to alleviate the DCR problem. The proposed frontend is composed of a two-stage LNA and downconversion mixers. To save power consumption, and to enhance gain and linearity, stacked NMOS-PMOS $g_m$-boosting technique is employed in the design of LNA as the first stage. The switch transistors in the mixing stage are biased in subthreshold region to achieve low power consumption. The single balanced mixer is designed in PMOS transistors and is also realized based on the well-known folded architecture to increase voltage headroom. This frontend circuit features enhancement in gain, linearity, and power dissipation. The proposed circuit showed a maximum conversion gain of 19.6 dB and noise figure of 3 dB at the operation frequency. It also showed input and output return losses of less than -10 dB within bandwidth. Furthermore, the port-to-port isolation illustrated excellent characteristic between two ports. This frontend showed the third-order input intercept point (IIP3) of 3 dBm for the whole circuit with power dissipation of 6.5 mW from a 1.5 V supply.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2011년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.423-424
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• 2011

본 논문은 IEEE 802.15.4g SUN (Smart utility network)을 지원하는 920 MHz 대역 RF 송수신단 통합회로 구조를 제안한다. 제안하는 통합회로는 920 MHz에서 동작하고 구동증폭기, RF 스위치, 그리고 저잡음 증폭기로 구성되어 있다. 송신모드에서는 구동 증폭기가 동작하는데 싱글 구조로 설계되어 트랜스퍼머에 의한 출력 신호 손실을 제거 하였고 또한 RF 스위치의 위치를 수신단에 적용하여 출력 신호 손실을 제거 하였다. 수신모드에서는 RF 스위치와 저잡음 증폭기가 동작되는데 싱글 입력 신호에 대해 차동 출력 신호를 제공할 수 있다. 구동증폭기의 부하와 저잡음 증폭기의 입력 정합회로는 한 개의 LC 공진회로를 공유하여 칩 면적을 최소화 할 수 있다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 통합회로는 $0.18-{\mu}m$ CMOS 공정을 사용하여 설계하였고, 1.8 V 공급 전압에서 구동증폭기는 3.6 mA, 저잡음 증폭기는 3.1 mA의 전류를 소모한다.