Title
Ultra low consumption UWB pulsed-ILO RF front-end transmitter at 60 GHz in 65-nm CMOS-SOI
Abstract
A super high order sub-harmonic pulsed-ILO at 60 GHz in 65-nm CMOS-SOI has been fully designed and tested. It occupies 0.16 mm2 active area in 65-nm CMOS-SOI. Input digital locking signal modulates the oscillator at 60 GHz from ON to OFF state using a current source. Thus, the millimeter wave oscillation does not start from the thermal noise but from one of the numerous harmonic components of the pulse generator synthesized in the locking millimeter band. The theoretical 20 log(N) increase phase noise has been verified measuring the output millimeter wave signal jitter and phase noise (-92 dBc/Hz at 100 KHz). As a consequence, a stable pulse to pulse phase condition is reached, making this sub-harmonic pulsed-ILO suitable for automobile radar, Giga-bit WLAN, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and localization with an optimized consumption. Its peak power output is 5 dBm under a 1.4 V 16 mA bias. At OFF state, the dc current consumption is negligible. The equivalent sinus peak output power is 4 dBm, leading to a peak efficiency of 14%. As a consequence, the global efficiency of the RF front-end transmitter is less than 4 pJ/pulse.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1109/PIMRC.2009.5449967
Tokyo
Keywords
Field
DocType
CMOS integrated circuits,MIMIC,jitter,millimetre wave oscillators,phase noise,pulse generators,radio transmitters,silicon-on-insulator,ultra wideband communication,CMOS-SOI,DC current consumption,Gigabit WLAN,automobile radar,current 16 mA,frequency 60 GHz,input digital locking signal,millimeter wave oscillation,phase noise,pulse generator,size 65 nm,super high order subharmonic pulsed-ILO,ultra low consumption UWB pulsed-ILO RF front-end transmitter,voltage 1.4 V,wireless sensor networks
RF front end,Extremely high frequency,Telecommunications,Noise measurement,Computer science,Current source,Noise (electronics),Phase noise,CMOS,Real-time computing,Pulse generator,Optoelectronics
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4244-5123-4
1
0.43
References 
Authors
1
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nicolas Deparis1355.21
Alexandre Siligaris25810.75
Pierre Vincent3244.27
Nathalie Rolland4397.89