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A Highly Linear CMOS IF Variable Gain Amplifier withExponential Gain Control

Yun Tinghua, Tang Shoulong and Shi Longxing

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Abstract: A highly linear intermediate frequency variable gain amplifier (VGA) with exponential gain control is developed using a transconductance linearization scheme.It consists of a variable-gain cell based on a current-steering structure,a novel wide-range exponential voltage generator,and a stage of a fixed-gain amplifier.The VGA is fabricated in 0.25μm CMOS technology. Measurements show that a continuous-gain control range of 8~48dB and a 3rd intermodulation distortion of better than -60dBc at a differential output of 1V peak-to-peak are obtained.The noise figure at maximum gain is 8.7dB,and the OIP3 loaded with 50Ω is 14.2dBm.

Key words: variable gain amplifierlinear-in-dBexponential voltage convertercurrent-steering

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    Received: 18 August 2015 Revised: 04 April 2006 Online: Published: 01 September 2006

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      Yun Tinghua, Tang Shoulong, Shi Longxing. A Highly Linear CMOS IF Variable Gain Amplifier withExponential Gain Control[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2006, In Press. Yun T H, Tang S L, Shi L X. A Highly Linear CMOS IF Variable Gain Amplifier withExponential Gain Control[J]. Chin. J. Semicond., 2006, 27(9): 1666.Export: BibTex EndNote
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      Yun Tinghua, Tang Shoulong, Shi Longxing. A Highly Linear CMOS IF Variable Gain Amplifier withExponential Gain Control[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2006, In Press.

      Yun T H, Tang S L, Shi L X. A Highly Linear CMOS IF Variable Gain Amplifier withExponential Gain Control[J]. Chin. J. Semicond., 2006, 27(9): 1666.
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      A Highly Linear CMOS IF Variable Gain Amplifier withExponential Gain Control

      • Received Date: 2015-08-18
      • Accepted Date: 2006-03-01
      • Revised Date: 2006-04-04
      • Published Date: 2006-10-12

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