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. 2020 Feb 22;20(4):1205. doi: 10.3390/s20041205

Table 3.

Measured LNA performance summary and comparisons.

Parameter This Work [13] (2019) [18] (2018) [16] (2016) [11] (2015) [17] (2015)
Topology VA CSA VA CFVA TIA VA CFVA
Process technology 0.13 μm HV CMOS 0.13 μm HV CMOS 0.18 μm CMOS 0.18 μm HV-BCD TSMC 0.18 μm HV CMOS 0.18 μm HV CMOS 0.18 μm CMOS
Transducer PMUT PMUT PMUT PZT CMUT PMUT PZT
Power supply (V) 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8
Power consumption (mW) 0.3 0.3 0.08 0.79 1.4 N/A 0.135
Area (10−4 mm2) 6 9 N/A 30 1 280 310 60
Voltage–voltage gain (dB) 21.8 N/A 29/30/42/53 2 18 N/A N/A −12/6/24
Transimpedance gain (dBΩ) 109.22 at 3 MHz 99.57 at 3 MHz N/A N/A 116/113.5 110/104 N/A N/A
Bandwidth (MHz) 22 N/A 10 20 10.2/10.8 10.6/10.5 N/A 9.8
Input current noise (pA/√Hz) 0.08 at 3 MHz 0.15 at 3 MHz N/A N/A 0.41 @ 5 MHz N/A N/A
Input voltage noise (nV/√Hz) 7.1 at 3 MHz N/A N/A 7.9 at 5 MHz N/A 11 at 0.22 MHz 5.9 at 4 MHz
Input dynamic range (dB) 69 71 90 75 N/A N/A 81
FOMRX_1 (MHz/V2Aµm2) 16674 N/A N/A 949 N/A N/A 6633 3
FOMRX_2 (Hz/mA3µm2) N/A 4.1*109 N/A N/A 0.09*109 3 N/A N/A

1 This area was estimated from a chip micrograph. 2 Including a TGC amplifier as a second stage. 3 Computed considering its higher gain.