Research Article
Energy-Aware Low-Power CMOS LNA with Process-Variations Management
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Modes utilization at extreme communication-channel conditions, depending on the effects of process variations.
| LNA performance | Receiver performance | Minimum input-power reception | Maximum input-power reception | Number of cases | Sample in Figure 3 |
| Gain ok and IIP3 ok | NF ok and IIP3 ok | MG-MP (−25%†) | LG-LP (−50%†) | 74% | A | Gain↓ and IIP3 ok | NF↑ and IIP3 ok | HG-FP (100%†) | LG-LP (−50%†) | 11% | B | Gain ok and IIP3↓ | NF ok and IIP3↓ | MG-MP (−25%†) | LG-MP (−25%†) | 6% | C | Gain↓ and IIP3↓↓ | NF↑ and IIP3↓ | HG-FP (100%†) | LG-MP (−25%†) | 8% | D | Gain↓ and IIP3↓↓↓ | NF↑ and IIP3↓↓ | HG-FP (100%†) | LG-FP (100%†) | 1% | E and F |
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Power consumption with respect to the full power modes.
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