A 12 GHz VGA is presented that shows a gain control from -9 dB to 13 dB in a linear-in-dB fashion. As the gain is changed, the phase shift over the entire 10 to 14.4GHz bandwidth varies as little as <= 2 degrees due to a compensation circuitry that reduces the input-output phase shift sensitivity to gain variations. The VGA prototypes, implemented in a SiGe bipolar technology, show a noise figure of 5.1 dB, an IIP3 of -3dBm, and a power consumption of 83mW.

A 12GHz 22dB-gain-control SiGe bipolar VGA with 2° phase shift variation

PADOVAN, FABIO;NEVIANI, ANDREA;BEVILACQUA, ANDREA
2015

Abstract

A 12 GHz VGA is presented that shows a gain control from -9 dB to 13 dB in a linear-in-dB fashion. As the gain is changed, the phase shift over the entire 10 to 14.4GHz bandwidth varies as little as <= 2 degrees due to a compensation circuitry that reduces the input-output phase shift sensitivity to gain variations. The VGA prototypes, implemented in a SiGe bipolar technology, show a noise figure of 5.1 dB, an IIP3 of -3dBm, and a power consumption of 83mW.
2015
European Solid-State Circuits Conference
9781467374705
9781467374705
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