A Systematic Approach to Designing Broadband Millimeter-Wave Low Noise Amplifiers

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dc.contributor.advisorChi, Taiyunen_US
dc.creatorHu, yaolong huen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-21T20:06:25Zen_US
dc.date.created2022-12en_US
dc.date.issued2022-12-02en_US
dc.date.submittedDecember 2022en_US
dc.date.updated2022-12-21T20:06:25Zen_US
dc.description.abstractThere is a growing interest in wideband mmWave transceivers to simultaneously cover multiple mmWave 5G bands. These 5G bands centered at 26, 28, 39, and 41 GHz. Compared to narrowband designs, broadband 5G transceivers can enable a few unique application scenarios, such as inter-band carrier aggregation to increase the data throughput, global multi-standard coverage for international roaming, and agile frequency hopping. In addition to high-speed wireless communication, emerging wireless sensing applications, such as 3D mmWave imaging and radar, also favor broadband transceivers, since the range resolution is inversely proportional to BW. As the first stage of the receiver, LNA plays an important role in defining the receiver bandwidth. In my master thesis, our goal is to establish a systematic yet intuitive design methodology to extend mmWave LNA bandwidth. Since the LNA bandwidth is defined as the intersection of 3 dB gain bandwidth and -10 dB return loss bandwidth, so we will cover two circuit innovations in this thesis. First, we will go through how to synthesize dual-resonant input matching. And second, a broadband transformer-based output network synthesis methodology is presented. A 26-47-GHz LNA prototype is fabricated with GlobalFoundries 45RFSOI process and its measurement results are also included in this thesis.en_US
dc.embargo.lift2023-12-01en_US
dc.embargo.terms2023-12-01en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationHu, yaolong hu. "A Systematic Approach to Designing Broadband Millimeter-Wave Low Noise Amplifiers." (2022) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/114166">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/114166</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/114166en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subject5Gen_US
dc.subjectbandpass networken_US
dc.subjectbandwidthen_US
dc.subjectbroadbanden_US
dc.subjectCMOSen_US
dc.subjectimpedance transformationen_US
dc.subjectinductive degenerationen_US
dc.subjectinput matchingen_US
dc.subjectlow noise amplifier (LNA)en_US
dc.subjectmillimeter-wave (mmWave)en_US
dc.subjecttransformeren_US
dc.titleA Systematic Approach to Designing Broadband Millimeter-Wave Low Noise Amplifiersen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineeringen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineeringen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
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