A 10 GHz Compact Balun with Common Inductor on CMOS Process

This paper presents a compact balun with a common inductor design. The design used Wilkinson-type balun topology with modified lumped transmission lines and a common inductor to realize circuit size reduction on a lossy CMOS process. Measurements of the prototype chip had a reflection coefficient be...

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Main Authors: Chatrpol Pakasiri, Jian-Long Xu, Sen Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-01-01
Series:Electronics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/2/468
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Summary:This paper presents a compact balun with a common inductor design. The design used Wilkinson-type balun topology with modified lumped transmission lines and a common inductor to realize circuit size reduction on a lossy CMOS process. Measurements of the prototype chip had a reflection coefficient below 17.8 dB at all ports, an insertion loss of 1.98 dB, and an isolation of 16.8 dB. The chip size was only 0.025λ<sub>0</sub> × 0.034λ<sub>0</sub>.
ISSN:2079-9292