A Low-Power Current-Reuse LNA for 3D Ultrasound Beamformers
2021; Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers; Volume: E104.A; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1587/transfun.2020gcp0011
ISSN1745-1337
AutoresYohei Nakamura, Shinya Kajiyama, Yutaka Igarashi, T. Oshima, Taizo Yamawaki,
Tópico(s)Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
Resumo3D ultrasound imagers require low-noise amplifier (LNA) with much lower power consumption and smaller chip area than conventional 2D imagers because of the huge amount of transducer channels. This paper presents a low-power small-size LNA with a novel current-reuse circuitry for 3D ultrasound imaging systems. The proposed LNA is composed of a differential common source amplifier and a source-follower driver which share the current without using inductors. The LNA was fabricated in a 0.18-μm CMOS process with only 0.0056mm2. The measured results show a gain of 21dB and a bandwidth of 9MHz. The proposed LNA achieves an average noise density of 11.3nV/√Hz, and the 2nd harmonic distortion below -40dBc with 0.1-Vpp input. The supply current is 85μA with a 1.8-V power supply, which is competitive with conventional LNAs by finer CMOS process.
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