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________________________________________________________________________ SpectreRF Workshop LNA Design Using SpectreRF MMSIM 13.1 September 2013 September 2013 Product Version 13.1

________________________________________________________________________ LNA Design Using SpectreRF Contents LNA Design Using SpectreRF............................................................................................ 3 Purpose ............................................................................................................................ 3 Audience ......................................................................................................................... 3 Overview ......................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction to LNAs .......................................................................................................... 3 The Design Example: A Differential LNA ......................................................................... 4 Testbench ........................................................................................................................ 5 LNA Measurements and Design Specifications ................................................................. 7 Example Measurements Using SpectreRF........................................................................ 14 Lab 1: Small Signal Gain (SP) ...................................................................................... 15 Lab 2: Noise Simulation ( hb and hbnoise ) ................................................................. 29 Lab 3: Gain Compression and THD (Xdb and Swept hb) ............................................ 36 Lab 4: IP3 Measurement---hb/hbac analysis ................................................................ 47 Lab 5: IP3 Measurement---hb Analysis with Two Tones ............................................. 54 Lab 6: IP3 Measurement---Rapid IP3 using AC analysis ............................................. 58 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 62 References ......................................................................................................................... 62 September 2013 Product Version 13.1 2

________________________________________________________________________ LNA Design Using SpectreRF LNA Design Using SpectreRF Note: The procedures described in this workshop are deliberately broad and generic. Your specific design might require procedures that are slightly different from those described here. Purpose This workshop describes how to use new hb analysis in the Virtuoso Analog Design Environment (ADE) to measure parameters that are important in design verification of low noise amplifiers (LNAs). The hb analysis is one new GUI for the harmonic balance analysis, and provides a simple, usable periodic steady-state analysis for the users. In the hb analysis, one tone or multi-tones may be listed in the Tones field, and users needn’t separate them as PSS and QPSS did before. In addition, two small signal analyses, hbac and hbnoise are also included. The hbac and hbnoise analyses should be same as the old PAC and PNOISE analyses. Audience Users of SpectreRF in the Virtuoso Analog Design Environment. Overview This workshop describes a basic set of the most useful measurements for LNAs. Introduction to LNAs The first stage of a receiver is typically a low-noise amplifier (LNA), whose main function is to set the noise boundary as well as to provide enough gain to overcome the noise of subsequent stages (for example, in the mixer or IF amplifier). Aside from providing enough gain while adding as little noise as possible, an LNA should accommodate large signals without distortion, offer a large dynamic range, and present good matching to its input and output. Good matching is extremely important if a passive band-select filter and image-reject filter precedes and succeeds the LNA, because the transfer characteristics of many filters are quite sensitive to the quality of the termination. September 2013 Product Version 13.1 3

________________________________________________________________________ LNA Design Using SpectreRF The Design Example: A Differential LNA The LNA measurements described in this workshop are calculated using SpectreRF in ADE. The design investigated is the differential low noise amplifier shown below: The following table lists typically acceptable values for the performance metrics of LNAs used in heterodyne architectures. Measurement Acceptable Value NF IIP3 Gain Input and Output Impedance 2 dB -10 dBm 15 dB 50 Ω Input and Output Return Los -15 dB Reverse Isolation Stability Factor 20 dB >1 September 2013 Product Version 13.1 4

________________________________________________________________________ LNA Design Using SpectreRF Testbench Figure 1-2 shows a generic two-port amplifier model. Its input and output are each terminated by a resistive port, like an amplifier measurement using a network analyzer. Figure 1-2 A Generic Two-Port LNA The LNA is characterized by the scattering matrix in Equation 1-1. (1-1) where and are the reflected waves from the input and output of the LNA, and are the incident waves to the input and output of the LNA. They are defined in terms of the terminal voltage and current as follows Spectre normalizes the LNA scattering matrix with respect to the source and load port resistance. Therefore, the source reflection coefficient and load reflection coefficient are both zero. From network theory, the input and output reflection coefficients are expressed in Equations 1-2 and 1-3. September 2013 Product Version 13.1 5 LSLSaaSSSSbb22211211SbLbSaLainssinSIRRVa22inssinSIRRVb22outLLsoutLIRRVa22outLLsoutLIRRVb22SL

________________________________________________________________________ LNA Design Using SpectreRF (1-2) (1-3) The LNA scattering matrix is normalized in terms of the source and load resistance in Equation 1-4. (1-4) Thus, the input and output reflection coefficients are simply expressed in Equations 1-5 and 1-6. (1-5) (1-6) The main challenge of LNA design lies in the design of the input/output matching network to render Γin and Γout close to zero so that the LNA is matched to the source and load ports. With the knowledge of a generic LNA model, Figure 1-3 shows the testbench for a differential LNA. The baluns used in the testbench are three-port devices. The baluns convert between single-ended and differential signals. Sometimes, they also perform the resistance transformation. Figure 1-3 Testbench for a Double-Ended LNA LNA design is a compromise among power, noise, linearity, gain, stability, input and output matching, and dynamic range. These factors are characterized by the design specifications in the table on page 4. September 2013 Product Version 13.1 6 LLinSSSS221221111SSoutSSSS1121122210LS11Sin22Sout

________________________________________________________________________ LNA Design Using SpectreRF LNA Measurements and Design Specifications Power Consumption and Supply Voltage You must trade off gain, distortion, and noise performance against power dissipation. Total power dissipation for an operating LNA circuit should be within its design budget. Because most LNAs are operated in Class-A mode, power consumption is easily available by multiplying the DC supply voltage by the DC operating point current. Selecting the operating point is a critical stage of LNA design which affects the power consumption, noise performance, IP3, and dynamic range. Gain Three power gain definitions appear in the literature and are commonly used in LNA design. , transducer power gain , operating power gain , available power gain    Besides these three gain definitions, there are three additional gain definitions you can use to evaluate the LNA design. , maximum unilateral transducer power gain , maximum transducer power gain , maximum stability gain    There are also two gain circles that are helpful to the design of input and output matching networks.  GPC, power gain circle  GAC, available gain circle Transducer Power Gain Transducer power gain, and the power available from the source. , is defined as the ratio between the power delivered to the load (1-9) In the test environment, from Equation 1-4, you have (1-10) September 2013 Product Version 13.1 7 TGPGAGumxGmaxGmsgGTG222222121121111LLSSTSSSG221SGT

________________________________________________________________________ LNA Design Using SpectreRF Operating power gain Operating power gain, and the power input to the network. , is defined as the ratio between the power delivered to the load (1-11) In the test environment, from Equations 1-4 and 1-5, you have (1-12) Available power gain Available power gain, network and the power available from the source. , is defined as the ratio between the power available from the (1-13) In the test environment, from Equations 1-4 and 1-6, you have (1-14) As the power available from the source is greater than the power input to the LNA network, , the closer the two gains are, the better the input matching is. Similarly, because the > power available from the LNA network is greater than the power delivered to the load, > . The closer the two gains are, the better the output matching is. Maximum Unilateral Transducer Power Gain Maximum unilateral transducer power gain, , is the transducer power gain when you assume that the reverse coupling of the LNA, , is zero, and the source and load impedances are conjugately matched to the LNA. That is and . If , from Equations 1-2 and 1-3, the input and output reflection coefficients are and . Thus from Equation 1-9, you get Equation 1-15. September 2013 Product Version 13.1 8 TG222222121111LLinPSSG22121111SSGPAG222121121111outSSASSG22222111SSGAPGTGAGTGumxG12S11SS22SL012S11Sin22Sout

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