SESSION TA 9
SALON 8, Tues, 8
8:30 AM


FILTERS AND AMPLIFIERS

Chair: V. Gopinathan, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies,
Murray Hill, NJ
Associate Chair: R. Castello, Univ. of Pavia, Pavia, Italy


9.1 30-100MHz npn-Only Variable-Gain Class AB Companding-Based Filters for 1.2V Applications
8:30 AM
M. El-Gamal, R. Baki, A. Bar-Dor
McGill Univ., Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Two continuous-time companding-based filters are integrated in a 25GHz bipolar process. The -3dB frequencies are tunable over 1-30MHz and 30-100MHz. The DC gain is controllable up to 10dB. Dynamic range for 1% THD are 62.5dB and 50dB, for the 30MHz and 100MHz filters, respectively. Power dissipation is 6.5mW from a 1.2V supply


9.2 A 10.7MHz CMOS SC Radio IF Filter with Variable Gain and a Q of 55
9:00 AM
K. van Hartingsveldt, P. Quinn 1, A. van Roermund
Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
1Philips Semiconductors B. V., Eindhoven, The Netherlands

A 10.7MHz SC IF filter with a Q of 55 and >35dB inherent gain control is realized in 0.6 um CMOS. The filter shows 0.024% accuracy in center frequency and 1% in Q. The filter and the clock circuit consumes 16mW from 3.3V.


9.3 A 1V CMOS Switched-Opamp Switched-Capacitor Pseudo-2-Path Filter
9:30 AM
V. Cheung, H. Luong, W-H. Ki
Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay,
Hong Kong

A switched opamp technique operating in all clock phases realizes a SC pseudo-2-path filter. The 6th-order bandpass response is centered at 75kHz with a Q of 45. The dynamic range is 54dB. Implemented in 0.5 um CMOS, the chip occupies 0.8mm 2, and consumes 310 uW from a 1V supply.

BREAK 10:00 AM

9.4 A CMOS Nested Chopper Instrumentation Amplifier with 100nV Offset
10:15 AM
A. Bakker, K. Thiele 1, J. Huijsing
Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
1Philips Research Labs, Sunnyvale, CA

A CMOS instrumentation amplifier uses two nested chopping pairs to achieve 100nV typical offset. The inner chopping pair removes 1/f noise, while the outer pair reduces residual offset. The test chip has an input referred thermal noise of 27nV/ [radical]Hz and consumes 200 uA of current from a 5V supply.


9.5 A 3GHz, 32dB CMOS Limiting Amplier for
SONET OC-48 Receivers
10:45 AM
E. Säckinger, W. C. Fischer
Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, Holmdel, NJ / 1Murray, NJ

A limiting amplifier employs inversely-scaled amplifiers to achieve 3GHz bandwidth, 32dB gain and 2.2mV pp sensitivity (for 10 -12 BER). Implemented in 0.25 um CMOS, the circuit employs active inductors with low voltage drop and consumes 53mW from a 2.5V supply.


9.6 A 12GHz 30dB Modular BiCMOS Limiting Amplifier for 10Gb SONET Receiver
11:15 AM
H. H. Kim, J. Bauman
Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, Holmdel, NJ

A 2.5V limiting amplifier implemented in 0.25 um BiCMOS has 12GHz bandwidth and 3.25mV pp sensitivity at 10 -12 BER. The circuit including the output buffers consumes 115mW and has a 30dB differential S 21.


9.7 A 622Mb/s 4.5pA/ [radical]Hz CMOS Transimpedance
Amplifier
11:30 AM
B. Razavi
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA

A transimpedience amplifier employs capacitive feedback to achieve 4.5pA/ [radical]Hz average input noise current with 8.7k Ohm gain and 550MHz -3dB bandwidth. In 0.6 um CMOS, the circuit consumes 30mW from a 3V supply and occupies 400x500 um2.

CONCLUSION 11:45 AM