| Title | An ESD-Aware 2.4 GHz PA Design for WLAN Application |
| Authors | Shi Zitao Cheng Yuhua Wang, Albert Wang Yangyuan |
| Affiliation | Peking Univ, Shanghai Res Inst Microelect, Shanghai 201203, Peoples R China. Peking Univ, Sch Informat Sci & Technol, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Riverside, CA 92501 USA. |
| Keywords | Power amplifier design Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection Radio frequency (RF) design Integrated circuit (IC) design ESD-aware IC design PROTECTION DESIGN CIRCUIT SIMULATION POWER-AMPLIFIER CMOS |
| Issue Date | 2012 |
| Publisher | chinese journal of electronics |
| Citation | CHINESE JOURNAL OF ELECTRONICS.2012,21,(3),389-394. |
| Abstract | Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection has become an emerging challenge for Radio frequency (RF) Integrated circuits (IC). This paper reports the design and optimization of an ESD-aware 2.4GHz Power amplifier (PA) circuit in a 0.18 mu m RFCMOS technology. A mixed-mode ESD simulation-design method and an RF ESD characterization technique are used to accurately characterize and minimize ESD-induced parasitic effects. Significant improvement can be observed by applying this ESD-aware design technique in several areas, such as gain, linearity, and power-added efficiency. |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/291828 |
| ISSN | 1022-4653 |
| Indexed | SCI(E) EI |
| Appears in Collections: | 上海微电子研究院 信息科学技术学院 |
