• DocumentCode
    14340
  • Title

    A Direct 100 GHz Parametric CMOS Tripler

  • Author

    Kabir, Shariar ; Magierowski, S. ; Messier, G.G. ; Zhixing Zhao

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    Oct. 2013
  • Firstpage
    557
  • Lastpage
    559
  • Abstract
    The first direct anti-series CMOS tripler is described in this letter. MOS varactors are arranged in a back-to-back configuration free of the self-bias problem that prevents standard Schottky varactors from employing such an arrangement. Implemented in 130 nm CMOS, the circuit achieves a 28 dB conversion loss at 102 GHz with an output power of -20 dBm.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; field effect MIMIC; frequency multipliers; millimetre wave frequency convertors; varactors; MOS varactors; Schottky varactors; direct anti-series CMOS tripler; frequency 100 GHz; frequency 102 GHz; loss 28 dB; parametric CMOS tripler; self-bias problem; size 130 nm; CMOS; frequency multiplier; millimeter-wave; parametric circuit; tripler;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1531-1309
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LMWC.2013.2250271
  • Filename
    6496163