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How to design RF circuits robust over PVT variation?? (Read 2896 times)
zhangjerome
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How to design RF circuits robust over PVT variation??
Jul 22nd, 2008, 2:13am
 
I am now design a S band amplifier. Its gain varies about 6dB for different corners with temperature range from -25 degree to 75 degree and voltage range from 1.7V to 1.9V.  Anything I can do to decrease the gain variation?

Another question is about the normally used bias generated circuit, such as bandgap, ptat, constant-gm. How to choose among them?



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Re: How to design RF circuits robust over PVT variation??
Reply #1 - Jul 22nd, 2008, 8:26am
 
In a way your answering your own question, by creating bias which can compenstae for corners/temperature, you should be able to reduce your gain variation.
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Reply #2 - Jul 22nd, 2008, 2:01pm
 
You really need to determine what is causing the variation in order to determine what is an appropriate way to compensate.

Transistor temperature variation can be compensated with appropriate bias compensation. Gm tends to be CTAT when the transistor is bias with a constant current, so a PTAT bias current can stablize Gm over temp (so called constant Gm biasing if you use an external resistor, an external resistor is not always needed to stablize gain).

http://www.designers-guide.org/Forum/YaBB.pl?num=1199713543

Apparently you can read an excerpt from Tom Lee's RFIC book on Google to read more about constant Gm biasing.

Load tempertature and process variation can partially be compensated by making the bias current depend on the same type of resistor as the load. This works out fine for resistor loads, but not so well for inductor loads.

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