• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.122-130
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• 2015

This paper presents a 6 Gb/s 4-channel arrayed transimpedance amplifiers (TIA) with the gain control for 4-channel passive optical network in $0.13{\mu}m$ complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology. A regulated cascode input stage and inductive-series peaking are proposed in order to increase the bandwidth. Also, a variable gain control is implemented to provide flexibility to the overall system. The TIA has a maximum $98.1dB{\Omega}$ gain and an input current noise level of about 37.8 pA/Hz. The die area of the fabricated TIA is $1.9mm{\times}2.2mm$ for 4-channel. The power dissipation is 47.64 mW/1ch.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.100-108
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• 2014

Low noise amplifier (LNA) is an integral component of RF receiver and frequently required to operate at wide frequency bands for various wireless system applications. For wideband operation, important performance metrics such as voltage gain, return loss, noise figure and linearity have been carefully investigated and characterized for the proposed LNA. An inductive shunt feedback configuration is successfully employed in the input stage of the proposed LNA which incorporates cascaded networks with a peaking inductor in the buffer stage. Design equations for obtaining low and high impedance-matching frequencies are easily derived, leading to a relatively simple method for circuit implementation. Careful theoretical analysis explains that input impedance can be described in the form of second-order frequency response, where poles and zeros are characterized and utilized for realizing the wideband response. Linearity is significantly improved because the inductor located between the gate and the drain decreases the third-order harmonics at the output. Fabricated in $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS process, the chip area of this wideband LNA is $0.202mm^2$, including pads. Measurement results illustrate that the input return loss shows less than -7 dB, voltage gain greater than 8 dB, and a little high noise figure around 6-8 dB over 1.5 - 13 GHz. In addition, good linearity (IIP3) of 2.5 dBm is achieved at 8 GHz and 14 mA of current is consumed from a 1.8 V supply.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.301-306
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• 2015

An ultra-compact and wideband low noise amplifier (LNA) in a quad flat non-leaded (QFN) package is presented. The LNA monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) is implemented in a $0.25{\mu}m$ GaN IC technology on a Silicon Carbide (SiC) substrate provided by Triquint. A source degeneration inductor and a gate inductor are used to obtain the noise and input matching simultaneously. The resistive feedback and inductor peaking techniques are employed to achieve a wideband characteristic. The LNA chip is mounted in the $3{\times}3-mm^2$ QFN package and measured. The supply voltages for the first and second stages are 14 V and 7 V, respectively, and the total current is 70 mA. The highest gain is 13.5 dB around the mid-band, and -3 dB frequencies are observed at 0.7 and 12 GHz. Input and output return losses ($S_{11}$ and $S_{22}$) of less than -10 dB measure from 1 to 12 GHz; there is an absolute bandwidth of 11 GHz and a fractional bandwidth of 169%. Across the bandwidth, the noise figures (NFs) are between 3 and 5 dB, while the output-referred third-order intercept points (OIP3s) are between 26 and 28 dBm. The overall chip size with all bonding pads is $1.1{\times}0.9mm^2$. To the best of our knowledge, this LNA shows the best figure-of-merit (FoM) compared with other published GaN LNAs with the same gate length.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.443-450
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• 2014

This paper presents a 20-Gb/s optical receiver circuit fabricated with standard 65-nm CMOS technology. Our receiver circuits are designed with consideration for parasitic inductance and capacitance due to bonding wires connecting the photodetector and the circuit realized separately. Such parasitic inductance and capacitance usually disturb the high-speed performance but, with careful circuit design, we achieve optimized wide and flat response. The receiver circuit is composed of a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) with a DC-balancing buffer, a post amplifier (PA), and an output buffer. The TIA is designed in the shunt-feedback configuration with inductive peaking. The PA is composed of a 6-stage differential amplifier having interleaved active feedback. The receiver circuit is mounted on a FR4 PCB and wire-bonded to an equivalent circuit that emulates a photodetector. The measured transimpedance gain and 3-dB bandwidth of our optical receiver circuit is 84 $dB{\Omega}$ and 12 GHz, respectively. 20-Gb/s $2^{31}-1$ electrical pseudo-random bit sequence data are successfully received with the bit-error rate less than $10^{-12}$. The receiver circuit has chip area of $0.5mm{\times}0.44mm$ and it consumes excluding the output buffer 84 mW with 1.2-V supply voltage.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제42권8호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2005

최근 낮은 기가비트급 광통신 집적회로의 구현에 sub-micron CMOS 공정이 적용되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 표준 0.35mm CMOS 공정을 이용하여 4채널 3.125Gb/s 차동 전치증폭기 어레이를 구현하였다. 설계한 각 채널의 전치증폭기는 차동구조로 regulated cascode (RGC) 설계 기법을 이용하였고, 액티브 인덕터를 이용한 인덕티브 피킹 기술을 이용하여 대역폭 확장을 하였다 Post-layout 시뮬레이션 결과, 각 채널 당 59.3dBW의 트랜스임피던스 이득, 0.5pF 기생 포토다이오드 캐패시턴스에 대해 2.450Hz의 -3dB 대역폭, 그리고 18.4pA/sqrt(Hz)의 평균 노이즈 전류 스펙트럼 밀도를 보였다. 전치증폭기 어레이의 공급전원은 단일전압 3.3V 이고, 전력소모는 92mw이다. 이는 4채널 RGC 전치증폭기 어레이가 저전력, 초고속 광인터컨넥트 분야에 적합함을 보여준다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.16-22
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 CMOS 공정을 사용하여 기가비트 이더넷 응용을 위한 전치증폭기 회로를 구현하였다 대역폭 확장 및 노이즈 성능개선을 위해, regulated cascade 설계기법을 사용하였고 이로써, 광다이오드 및 TIA 입력단의 큰 기생 캐패시턴스를 대역폭 결정으로부터 효과적으로 차단하였다. 0.6um CMOS공정을 사용하여 구현한 1.25Gb/s 전치증폭기의 칩 측정 결과 58dBohm의 트랜스 임피던스 이득, 0.5pF 기생 광다이오드 캐패시턴스에 대해 950MHz의 대역폭과 6.3pA/sqrt(Hz)의 평균 노이즈 전류 스펙트럼 밀도, 5V 단일 전원전압으로부터 85mW의 전력소모를 보였다. 또한, 0.18um CMOS 공정을 사용하여 설계한 10Gb/s 전치증폭기는 RGC 기법과 인덕티브 피킹기술을 동시에 사용함으로써, 59.4dBohm의 트랜스 임피던스 이득, 0.25pF 기생 캐패시턴스에 대해 8GHz의 대역폭, 20pA/sqrt(Hz)의 노이즈 전류 스펙트럼 밀도, 1.8V 단일전압에 대해 14mW의 전력소모를 보였다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.449-454
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• 1996

곤충 병원성 곰팡이 Beauveria bassiana(ATCC7159)로부터 곤충 cuticle 분해 효소인 extracellular protease의 최적 생산 조건을 gelatin, vine serum albumin(BSA), casein 및 polypeptone 등을 첨가하여 조사하였다. 이 효소의 최적 생산 배양 조건은 미량원소를 함유한 0.5% Polypeptone, 50mM potassium phosphate pH 6.0이었다. 이 조건에서 pretense의 생산은 배양 1일 후부터 급격히 상승하여 배양 3일 이후 최대로 생산되었으며 배양액의 pH가 7.0 이상이 되면 효소 생산효과가 거의 없었다. 이 pretenses는 phenyl methyl sulfonyl fluoride (PMSF)에 저해받는다. 효소 활성은 pH 8.5와 11.5에서 높게 나타났다. 또한 비변성 isoeletricfocusing gel 전기영동 후 각 gel 절편의 활성을 측정한 결과 protease활성이 세부분에서 나타났다. 따라서 탄소원 및 질소원으로 polypeptone을 이용하여 생산되는 pretense는 세종류 이상인 것으로 판단된다.