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A tunable high-Q active inductor with a feed forward noise reduction path

Moezzi, M ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. Abstract:
  3. The analysis and design of a tunable low noise active inductor is presented. The noise performance of the proposed gyrator-based active inductor is improved without either degrading its quality factor or consuming more power using a linear Feed Forward Path (FFP). The proposed low noise active inductor has been designed and fabricated using standard 0.18-μm CMOS technology. The measurements show a 3 fold improvement in the input noise current compared to that of conventional active inductors. The active inductor was tuned and measured at the resonance frequency of 2.5 GHz, which could be extended as high as 5.5 GHz, with a quality factor of 30. The circuit draws 4.8 mA from a 1.8 V supply
  4. Keywords:
  5. Active inductor ; Gyrator ; Linearity ; Quality factor ; Resonance frequency ; Tunability ; CMOS integrated circuits ; Natural frequencies ; Noise abatement ; Noise ; Power inductors ; Performance assessment ; Resonance ; Wavelength
  6. Source: Scientia Iranica ; Volume 21, Issue 3 , 2014 , Pages 945-952 ; ISSN: 10263098
  7. URL: http://www.scientiairanica.com/en/ManuscriptDetail?mid=201