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A low band cellular terminal antenna impedance tuner in 130nm CMOS-SOI technology

Lindstrand, Jonas LU ; Vasilev, Ivaylo LU and Sjöland, Henrik LU (2014) European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), 2014 p.459-462
Abstract
This paper presents a low band antenna impedance tuner in 130nm CMOS-SOI technology. It consists of three digitally controlled switched capacitor banks and two off-chip inductors and is intended for use in terminals supporting modern cellular standards like WCDMA and LTE. By using a negative gate bias in the off state, linearity can be improved and maintained. Measurements show an OIP3 exceeding +55dBm for all measured impedance states, which cover a VSWR of up to 5.4. The measured minimum loss is 1dB or lower in the frequency range from 700–900MHz with spurious emissions below −30dBm at +33dBm input power. The switched capacitors are implemented with eight stacked transistors to yield a voltage handling of at least 20V, and in order to... (More)
This paper presents a low band antenna impedance tuner in 130nm CMOS-SOI technology. It consists of three digitally controlled switched capacitor banks and two off-chip inductors and is intended for use in terminals supporting modern cellular standards like WCDMA and LTE. By using a negative gate bias in the off state, linearity can be improved and maintained. Measurements show an OIP3 exceeding +55dBm for all measured impedance states, which cover a VSWR of up to 5.4. The measured minimum loss is 1dB or lower in the frequency range from 700–900MHz with spurious emissions below −30dBm at +33dBm input power. The switched capacitors are implemented with eight stacked transistors to yield a voltage handling of at least 20V, and in order to handle the large voltages custom designed capacitors are used. (Less)
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IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), 2014
conference location
Venice, Italy
conference dates
2014-09-22 - 2014-09-26
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1930-8833
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978-1-4799-5694-4
DOI
10.1109/ESSCIRC.2014.6942121
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EIT_SOS VINNOVA Industrial Excellence Center - System Design on Silicon
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English
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  author       = {{Lindstrand, Jonas and Vasilev, Ivaylo and Sjöland, Henrik}},
  booktitle    = {{[Host publication title missing]}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-4799-5694-4}},
  issn         = {{1930-8833}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{459--462}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{A low band cellular terminal antenna impedance tuner in 130nm CMOS-SOI technology}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ESSCIRC.2014.6942121}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/ESSCIRC.2014.6942121}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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