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Abstract | ||
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The iterative design of an integrated subharmonic receiver for 120-127 GHz is presented. The receiver consists of a single-ended low-noise amplifier (LNA), a push-push voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) with 1/32 divider, a polyphase filter, and a subharmonic mixer. The receiver is fabricated in SiGe:C BiCMOS technology with fT/fmax of 255 GHz/315 GHz. In the first design the differential down-conversion gain of the receiver is 25 dB at 127 GHz, and the corresponding noise figure (NF) is 11 dB. The 3 dB bandwidth reaches from 125 GHz to 129 GHz. The input 1 dB compression point is at - 40 dBm. The receiver draws 139 mA from a supply voltage of 3.3 V. A subsequent design demonstrates 31 dB differential gain at 122 GHz, and 11 dB NF. The 3 dB bandwidth is from 121 GHz to 124 GHz. The receiver has a NF of 8 dB for 3 GHz IF frequency due to integrated RF bandpass-filtering. It is realized by the lower NF of the LNA, and the LNA itself. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2010 | 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2051474 | Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
BiCMOS integrated circuits,Ge-Si alloys,low noise amplifiers,mixers (circuits),receivers,voltage-controlled oscillators,BiCMOS technology,SiGe,bandwidth 125 GHz to 129 GHz,current 139 mA,frequency 120 GHz to 127 GHz,frequency 122 GHz,frequency 255 GHz,frequency 315 GHz,gain 25 dB,iterative design,low-noise amplifier,noise figure 11 dB,polyphase filter,push-push voltage-controlled oscillator,sensor applications,subharmonic mixer,subharmonic receiver,voltage 3.3 V,122 GHz,Low-noise amplifier (LNA),SiGe technology,millimeter-wave circuits,subharmonic mixer,voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) | Harmonic mixer,Low-noise amplifier,Band-pass filter,Computer science,Intermediate frequency,Noise figure,Electronic engineering,Voltage-controlled oscillator,Differential gain,Electrical engineering,Amplifier | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
45 | 9 | 0018-9200 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
4 | 0.85 | 6 |
Authors | ||
4 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Klaus Schmalz | 1 | 19 | 5.52 |
| Winkler, W. | 2 | 4 | 0.85 |
| Borngraber, J. | 3 | 4 | 1.19 |
| Debski, W. | 4 | 4 | 0.85 |