A Low-Power 120-GHz integrated sixport receiver front-end with digital adjustable gain in a 130-nm bicmos technology

Matthias Voelkel; Hartmut Hirsch; Marco Dietz; Robert Weigel; Amelie Hagelauer; Dietmar Kissinger

doi:10.1109/BCTM.2017.8112916

A Low-Power 120-GHz integrated sixport receiver front-end with digital adjustable gain in a 130-nm bicmos technology

Matthias Voelkel, Hartmut Hirsch, Marco Dietz, Robert Weigel, Amelie Hagelauer, Dietmar Kissinger

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In this paper a 120 GHz monolithic low-power sixport receiver front-end including two variable gain amplifiers, a passive sixport network, four detectors and a digital serial interface (SPI) is presented. The measurement principle is based on the additive superposition of two incident millimeter-wave signals, whereas the superposition must be fulfilled under special conditions. After power detection, the quadrature components can be extracted. The proposed measurement system is well suited for industrial radar applications, as well as for biomedical applications and it is further more well suited for communication systems. The receiver has been designed using a 0.13 μm SiGe BiCMOS process from IHP (SG13G2). The whole integrated circuit has a size of 1560 μm × 900 μm and only consumes 102.3 mW from a 3.3 V supply. The receiver exhibits a 1 dB compression point of -13 dBm at the center frequency. The bandwidth is 15.5 GHz and covers the lower part of the D-Band. The gain of the input amplifier can be adjusted from 3 to 16 dB by a digital interface. The maximum power consumption of the VGA is 46.2 mW.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Titel	2017 IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, BCTM 2017
Herausgeber (Verlag)	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Seiten	82-85
Seitenumfang	4
ISBN (elektronisch)	9781509063833
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/BCTM.2017.8112916
Publikationsstatus	Veröffentlicht - 15 Nov. 2017
Extern publiziert	Ja
Veranstaltung	2017 IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, BCTM 2017 - Miami, USA/Vereinigte Staaten Dauer: 19 Okt. 2017 → 21 Okt. 2017

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Name	Proceedings of the IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting
Band	2017-October
ISSN (Print)	1088-9299

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Konferenz	2017 IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, BCTM 2017
Land/Gebiet	USA/Vereinigte Staaten
Ort	Miami
Zeitraum	19/10/17 → 21/10/17

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Voelkel, M., Hirsch, H., Dietz, M., Weigel, R., Hagelauer, A., & Kissinger, D. (2017). A Low-Power 120-GHz integrated sixport receiver front-end with digital adjustable gain in a 130-nm bicmos technology. in 2017 IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, BCTM 2017 (S. 82-85). Artikel 8112916 (Proceedings of the IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting; Band 2017-October). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/BCTM.2017.8112916

Voelkel, Matthias ; Hirsch, Hartmut ; Dietz, Marco et al. / A Low-Power 120-GHz integrated sixport receiver front-end with digital adjustable gain in a 130-nm bicmos technology. 2017 IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, BCTM 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. S. 82-85 (Proceedings of the IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting).

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A Low-Power 120-GHz integrated sixport receiver front-end with digital adjustable gain in a 130-nm bicmos technology. / Voelkel, Matthias; Hirsch, Hartmut; Dietz, Marco et al.
2017 IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, BCTM 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. S. 82-85 8112916 (Proceedings of the IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting; Band 2017-October).

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Voelkel M, Hirsch H, Dietz M, Weigel R, Hagelauer A, Kissinger D. A Low-Power 120-GHz integrated sixport receiver front-end with digital adjustable gain in a 130-nm bicmos technology. in 2017 IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, BCTM 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017. S. 82-85. 8112916. (Proceedings of the IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting). doi: 10.1109/BCTM.2017.8112916

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