A Low Insertion Losses Reconfigurable Bandpass Filter Based on Highly Linear 65nm CMOS Active Inductors for Cellular Applications

Fabien Robert (1, 2) , Philippe Cathelin (2) , Antoine Diet (3) , Martine Villegas (1) , Fabio Epifano (2) , Pascal Triaire (2) , Geneviève Baudoin (1)

1 ESYCOM - Electronique, Systèmes de communication et Microsystèmes
2 ST-CROLLES - STMicroelectronics [Crolles]
3 DRE - Département de Recherche en Electromagnétisme ; EMG - Département Electromagnétisme - L2S

This paper presents the design and realization of a bandpass filter with very low insertion losses (<0.5dB) for cellular transmitters. In the goal of a high integration of the filter with existing fully digital architectures, it has been designed in CMOS 65nm technology. This filter takes full advantage of previously developed highly linear and high Q active inductors in CMOS 65nm. We present a design methodology based on filter frequency (1.7-2.1GHz) reconfigurability while preserving linearity and low insertion losses on this wide frequency range.

Domains: Electronics

Fabien Robert, Philippe Cathelin, Antoine Diet, Martine Villegas, Fabio Epifano, et al.. A Low Insertion Losses Reconfigurable Bandpass Filter Based on Highly Linear 65nm CMOS Active Inductors for Cellular Applications. IEEE NEWCAS 2011, Jun 2011, Bordeaux, France. ⟨hal-00658286⟩