scholarly journals A Low Power, Low Noise Amplifier for Recording Neural Signals

Author(s):  
G. Deepika ◽  
K.S. Rao

The design of a low power amplifier for recording EEG signals is presented. The low noise design techniques are used in this design to achieve low input referred noise that is near the theoretical limit of any amplifier using a differential pair as input stage. To record the neural spikes or local field potentials (LFP’s) the amplifier’s bandwidth can be adjusted. In order to reject common-mode and power supply noise differential input pair need to be included in the design. The amplifier achieved a gain of 53.7dB with a band width of 0.5Hz to1.1 kHz and input referred noise measured as 357 nV<sub>rms </sub>operated with a supply voltage of 1.0V. The total power consumed is around 3.19µW. When configured to record neural signals the gain measured is 54.3 dB for a bandwidth of 100 Hz and the input referred noise is 1.04µ V<sub>rms</sub>. The amplifier was implemented in 180nm technology and simulated using Cadence Virtuoso.

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 396-402
Author(s):  
S. A. Z. Murad ◽  
A. Azizan ◽  
A. F. Hasan

This paper describes the design topology of a ultra-low power low noise amplifier (LNA) for wireless sensor network (WSN) application. The proposed design of ultra-low power 2.4 GHz CMOS LNA is implemented using 0.13-μm Silterra technology. The LNA benefits of low power from forward body bias technique for first and second stages. Two stages are implemented in order to enhance the gain while obtaining low power consumption for overall circuit. The simulation results show that the total power consumed is only 0.45 mW at low supply voltage of 0.55 V. The power consumption is decreased about 36% as compared with the previous work. A gain of 15.1 dB, noise figure (NF) of 5.9 dB and input third order intercept point (IIP3) of -2 dBm are achieved. The input return loss (S11) and the output return loss (S22) is -17.6 dB and -12.3 dB, respectively. Meanwhile, the calculated figure of merit (FOM) is 7.19 mW-1.


Author(s):  
Wan Yeen Ng ◽  
Xhiang Rhung Ng

This chapter aims to discuss a millimeter wave integrated circuit (MMWIC) in frequency of 30 GHz especially switch (SPDT), medium power amplifier (MPA) and low noise amplifier (LNA). The switch is developed using a commercial 0.15 µm GaAs pHEMT technology. It achieves low loss and high isolation for millimeter wave applications. The circuit and layout drawing of SPDT switch are done by using Advanced Design System (ADS) software. The layout is verified by running the Design Rules Check (DRC) to check and clear all the errors. At the operating frequency of 30 GHz, the reported SPDT switch has 1.470 dB insertion loss and 37.455 dB of isolation. It also demonstrates 26.00 dBm of input P1dB gain compression point (P1dB) and 22.975 dBm of output P1dB. At a supply voltage of 3.0 V and 30 GHz operating frequency, this two-stage LNA achieves an associated gain of 21.628 dB, noise figure (NF) of 2.509 dB and output referred 1-dB compression point (P1dB) of -11.0 dBm, the total power consumptions for the LNA is 174 mW. At a supply voltage of 6.0 V and 30 GHz operating frequency, a 2-stage MPA achieves a linear gain (S21) of 13.236 dB, P1dB of 22.5 dBm, power gain of 11.055 dB and the PAE of 14.606%. The total power consumption for the MPA is 1.122 W. The 30 GHz LNA and PA can be applied in direct broadcast satellite (DBS), automotive radar transmitter and receiver.


2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1327-1330
Author(s):  
S. Manjula ◽  
R. Karthikeyan ◽  
S. Karthick ◽  
N. Logesh ◽  
M. Logeshkumar

An optimized high gain low power low noise amplifier (LNA) is presented using 90 nm CMOS process at 2.4 GHz frequency for Zigbee applications. For achieving desired design specifications, the LNA is optimized by particle swarm optimization (PSO). The PSO is successfully implemented for optimizing noise figure (NF) when satisfying all the design specifications such as gain, power dissipation, linearity and stability. PSO algorithm is developed in MATLAB to optimize the LNA parameters. The LNA with optimized parameters is simulated using Advanced Design System (ADS) Simulator. The LNA with optimized parameters produces 21.470 dB of voltage gain, 1.031 dB of noise figure at 1.02 mW power consumption with 1.2 V supply voltage. The comparison of designed LNA with and without PSO proves that the optimization improves the LNA results while satisfying all the design constraints.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Vieira ◽  
Nuno Horta ◽  
Nuno Lourenço ◽  
Ricardo Póvoa

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (07) ◽  
pp. 1850104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuwadee Sundarasaradula ◽  
Apinunt Thanachayanont

This paper presents the design and realization of a low-noise, low-power, wide dynamic range CMOS logarithmic amplifier for biomedical applications. The proposed amplifier is based on the true piecewise linear function by using progressive-compression parallel-summation architecture. A DC offset cancellation feedback loop is used to prevent output saturation and deteriorated input sensitivity from inherent DC offset voltages. The proposed logarithmic amplifier was designed and fabricated in a standard 0.18[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]m CMOS technology. The prototype chip includes six limiting amplifier stages and an on-chip bias generator, occupying a die area of 0.027[Formula: see text]mm2. The overall circuit consumes 9.75[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]W from a single 1.5[Formula: see text]V power supply voltage. Measured results showed that the prototype logarithmic amplifier exhibited an 80[Formula: see text]dB input dynamic range (from 10[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]V to 100[Formula: see text]mV), a bandwidth of 4[Formula: see text]Hz–10[Formula: see text]kHz, and a total input-referred noise of 5.52[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]V.


2013 ◽  
Vol 479-480 ◽  
pp. 1014-1017
Author(s):  
Yi Cheng Chang ◽  
Meng Ting Hsu ◽  
Yu Chang Hsieh

In this study, three stage ultra-wide-band CMOS low-noise amplifier (LNA) is presented. The UWB LNA is design in 0.18μm TSMC CMOS technique. The LNA input and output return loss are both less than-10dB, and achieved 10dB of average power gain, the minimum noise figure is 6.55dB, IIP3 is about-9.5dBm. It consumes 11mW from a 1.0-V supply voltage.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Chrisben Gladson ◽  
Adith Hari Narayana ◽  
V. Thenmozhi ◽  
M. Bhaskar

AbstractDue to the increased processing data rates, which is required in applications such as fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks, the battery power will discharge rapidly. Hence, there is a need for the design of novel circuit topologies to cater the demand of ultra-low voltage and low power operation. In this paper, a low-noise amplifier (LNA) operating at ultra-low voltage is proposed to address the demands of battery-powered communication devices. The LNA dual shunt peaking and has two modes of operation. In low-power mode (Mode-I), the LNA achieves a high gain ($$S21$$ S 21 ) of 18.87 dB, minimum noise figure ($${NF}_{min.}$$ NF m i n . ) of 2.5 dB in the − 3 dB frequency range of 2.3–2.9 GHz, and third-order intercept point (IIP3) of − 7.9dBm when operating at 0.6 V supply. In high-power mode (Mode-II), the achieved gain, NF, and IIP3 are 21.36 dB, 2.3 dB, and 13.78dBm respectively when operating at 1 V supply. The proposed LNA is implemented in UMC 180 nm CMOS process technology with a core area of $$0.40{\mathrm{ mm}}^{2}$$ 0.40 mm 2 and the post-layout validation is performed using Cadence SpectreRF circuit simulator.


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