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A high dynamic range linear RF power detector with a preceding LNA

Dai Yingbo, Han Kefeng, Yan Na and Tan Xi

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Abstract: A design of \,high dynamic range linear radio frequency power detector (PD), aimed for transmitter carrier leakage suppression is presented in this paper. Based on the logarithmic amplifier principle, this detector utilizes the successive detection method to achieve a high dynamic range in the radio frequency band. In order to increase sensitivity, a low noise amplifier (LNA) is placed in the front of this detector. DC coupling is adopted in this architecture to reduce parasitics and save area, but this will unavoidably cause DC offsets in the circuit which are detrimental to the dynamic range. So a DC offset cancelling (DCOC) technique is proposed to solve the problem. Finally, this detector was fabricated in the SMIC 0.13 μm CMOS process. The measured results show that it achieves a wide dynamic range of 50 dB/40 dB with log errors in ±1 dB at 900 MHz/2 GHz, while draws 16 mA from a 1.5 V power supply. The active chip area is 0.27 × 0.67 mm2.

Key words: logarithmic amplifiersuccessive detectionlow noise amplifier (LNA)DC offset cancelling (DCOC)power detector (PD)

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    Received: 20 August 2015 Revised: 27 August 2011 Online: Published: 01 January 2012

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      Dai Yingbo, Han Kefeng, Yan Na, Tan Xi. A high dynamic range linear RF power detector with a preceding LNA[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2012, 33(1): 015005. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/33/1/015005 Dai Y B, Han K F, Yan N, Tan X. A high dynamic range linear RF power detector with a preceding LNA[J]. J. Semicond., 2012, 33(1): 015005. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/33/1/015005.Export: BibTex EndNote
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      Dai Yingbo, Han Kefeng, Yan Na, Tan Xi. A high dynamic range linear RF power detector with a preceding LNA[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2012, 33(1): 015005. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/33/1/015005

      Dai Y B, Han K F, Yan N, Tan X. A high dynamic range linear RF power detector with a preceding LNA[J]. J. Semicond., 2012, 33(1): 015005. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/33/1/015005.
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      A high dynamic range linear RF power detector with a preceding LNA

      doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/33/1/015005
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      The National Key Technologies R&D Program of China

      • Received Date: 2015-08-20
      • Accepted Date: 2011-06-02
      • Revised Date: 2011-08-27
      • Published Date: 2011-12-28

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