A 110 - 135 GHz integrated sixport receiver front-end in a 130-nm BiCMOS technology

Matthias Voelkel, Karl Borutta, Marco Dietz, Klaus Aufinger, Robert Weigel, Amelie Hagelauer

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Abstract

In this paper, a fully monolithic low-power sixport receiver front-end working from 110 to 135 GHz including an oscillator with divider stages, a passive sixport network and four detectors is presented. The measurement principle is based on an additive superposition of two incident millimeter-wave signals. The receiver circuit blocks are described and the measurement results are presented. All components have been designed using a 0.13 µm 250 GHz fT SiGe BiCMOS technology. The whole integrated circuit has a size of 1960 µm x 1500 µm including bondpads and consumes 100 mA from a 3.3 V and 82 mA from a 1.8 V supply. The receiver exhibits a 1 dB compression point of -1.3 dBm at the center frequency of 121.5 GHz. The VCO has a tuning range of 27 GHz, with a best case phase noise of -110 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset measured at the divider output for PLL stabilization. The maximum oscillator output power is -0.4 dBm.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2018 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1516-1518
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9784902339451
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jul 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event30th Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2018 - Kyoto, Japan
Duration: 6 Nov 20189 Nov 2018

Publication series

NameAsia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC
Volume2018-November

Conference

Conference30th Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2018
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKyoto
Period6/11/189/11/18

Keywords

  • Communication receiver
  • Industrial radar
  • Interferometer
  • Low power
  • Millimeter-wave
  • Phase measurement
  • SiGe BiCMOS
  • Sixport

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