A 60-GHz CMOS Receiver Front-End With Frequency Synthesizer

Author

Mitomo, Toshiya ; Fujimoto, Ryuichi ; Ono, Naoko ; Tachibana, Ryoichi ; Hoshino, Hiroaki ; Yoshihara, Yoshiaki ; Tsutsumi, Yukako ; Seto, Ichiro

Author_Institution

Toshiba Corp., Kawasaki

Volume

43

Issue

4

fYear

2008

fDate

4/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1030

Lastpage

1037

Abstract

A 60-GHz receiver (RX) front-end chip fabricated in 90 nm CMOS process is presented. The RX chip consists of an LNA, a downconversion mixer, and a phase-locked loop synthesizer. The RX chip is capable of generating LO signal from phase-locked synthesizer. The components of the RX chip employ fully differential architecture to avoid influences of parasitic components and operate with low LO signal amplitude. Measured power gain and NF of 22 dB and 8.4 dB were obtained at 61.5 GHz, respectively, and the RX chip receives a radio signal with an on-chip dipole antenna. These results indicate the possibility of realization of a CMOS single-chip 60-GHz transceiver.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; field effect MIMIC; frequency synthesizers; millimetre wave receivers; phase locked loops; CMOS process; CMOS receiver front-end; RX chip; differential architecture; downconversion mixer; frequency 60 GHz; frequency 61.5 GHz; frequency synthesizer; gain 8.4 dB; noise figure 22 dB; parasitic components; phase-locked loop synthesizer; phase-locked synthesizer; size 90 nm; Antenna measurements; CMOS process; Dipole antennas; Frequency synthesizers; Gain measurement; Noise measurement; Phase locked loops; Power measurement; Semiconductor device measurement; Signal generators; 60 GHz; CMOS; LNA; millimeter wave; mixer; receiver; synthesizer;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSSC.2008.917557

Filename

4476501