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Abstract
In this Thesis, a survey on different RF front end receivers is carried out. And, the two basic building blocks; LNA and Mixer; of the front end receiver are designed. The Mixer is designed using the Conventional Single Balanced Gilbert Cell Mixer topology. A new matching network and design methodology for the matching network is proposed for the inductively generated LNA. The new matching network leads to the minimum possible NF of the conventional LNA. The theory and the optimization algorithm were demonstrated in this thesis. The new methodology depends on a developed theory in which the single ended LNA is divided into two identical parallel half sections, and the final output is the sum of these two sections. The matching network is then viewed as a phase shifter with an optimum phase to cancel the noise of the other section.
Designing the matching network to give total noise phase shift between the two outputs equal 180°, with approximately equal amplitudes, resulting in nearly zero noise signal at the output of the adder stage causing what is called destructive addition to the generated noise signal at the output of the whole new LNA block. Leaving the signal pass through same paths to have same phase and same amplitude at the inputs of the adder stage, resulting in constructive addition to the input signal. Thus, the noise figure of the LNA block can be easily enhanced. The achieved noise figure is lower than the traditional architecture by 1.1 dB using the same technology node of 130 nm CMOS technology operating at the same frequency.
The design for both the mixer and the LNA was carried out using 130 nm TSMC design kit and a supply voltage of 2 volts. The newly proposed methodology is the first approach at this specific frequency of operation; 60GHz; that performs noise cancellation. The obtained NF is the best reported when compared to similar designs using the 130 nm technology node.
Key words:
RF receiver architectures, monolithic image reject filter, inductive degenerated common source low noise amplifier, single balanced gilbert cell mixer, noise figure enhancement, phase shifting, millimeter wave.