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Workshop on Instruction Enhancement Programme (IEP)
Radio Frequency Lab Manual
by
Indrajit Das
&
Kamlesh Badiyari
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Experiment 1: Oscillator Design
Objective – Design a 2.4 GHz LC Oscillator with the architecture shown in the
figure below.
Figure: LC Oscillator circuit topology
Design Constraints –
1. Lp = 1 nH
2. Oscillation frequency = 2.4 GHz
3. Supply Voltage = 1.2 V
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Design Procedure –
Step1- Calculating Cp:
From the equation,
√
For this design, Cp comes out to be 4.4 pF (as, Lp = 1 nH)
Step2- Estimating Q and Rp of the inductor:
Quality factor (Q) of the inductor depends on the
on the value of inductance and also on the
technology being used.
For a parallel resonator, quality factor is
represented by: Q =
For the inductor that was selected, a Q of 10.76 was obtained and so, Rp = 162Ω.
Step3- Estimating of the transistors:
For sustained Oscillations following condition needs
to be fulfilled:
or,
Concept of Negative resistence:
Two MOSFETs connected in a cross-coupled manner
gives input impedance of -2/gm.
Figure: Inductor and its equivalent loss resistance
Figure: cross coupled transistor pair gives a
negative resistance
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Simulation setup in Cadence Virtuoso
1. DC Analysis – DC analysis is done to check the operating condition of transistors
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Operating condition of all the components can be checked by annotating them on
schematic.
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2. Transient analysis – Transient anlysis setup is as shown in the figure below.
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3. PSS – Periodic Steady State Analysis
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4. Pnoise analysis – to obtain phase noise of the oscillator. For pnoise analysis to
run, PSS must be run simultaneously.
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5. Result – to view the result of any simulation
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OUTPUT WAVEFORMS
1. Transient waveform:
2. Phase noise
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Experiment 2: LNA Design
Objective – Design a wideband resistive shunt feedback LNA. Circuit architecture is
shown in the figure.
Figure: Resistive shunt feedback LNA
The input impedance of this resistive shunt feedback LNA is
LNA Design parameters:
1. Input match (S11)
2. Voltage gain
3. Noise Figure
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Design steps:
step1: choose feedback Resistor (Rf)
The voltage gain of this architecture is approximately equal to Rf/Rs
Rs = 50 Ω for RF source.
To get a linear gain of ~10, Rf is chosen to be 500 Ω.
step2: choosing proper W/L for the MOS
The input impedance Zin depends mostly on the gm values of the MOS
Set the W/L values such that,
Ensure that both the MOS are in saturation.
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Simulation setup in Cadence Virtuoso
1. sp analysis: to obtain port parameters
After doing sp analysis, check S11 to see how much matching is there.
Input port impedance can also be checked. Port impedance can be measured by plotting real part
of Zm from the direct plot window.
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If real part of Zm is much deviated from 50 Ω, then resize the MOSFETs accordingly get better
S11
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2. ac analysis: to obtain voltage gain over the operating frequency range
For doing ac analysis, ensure to give ac signal in the input voltage source, otherwise this
analysis will not work.
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OUTPUT WAVEFORMS
1. input matching: (S11 plot)
2. Voltage gain:
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3. Noise Figure: