Title :
A 1.2V, 60-GHz radio receiver with on-chip transformers and inductors in 90-nm CMOS
Author :
Alldred, David ; Cousins, Brian ; Voinigescu, Sorin P.
Author_Institution :
Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont.
Abstract :
This paper describes an integrated 60-GHz receiver in 90-nm CMOS including an LNA and downconversion mixer as well as LO and IF buffers. Transformer baluns are used for S/D conversion of the RF and LO signals to allow for conventional double-balanced mixing. The single-ended downconversion gain of a 60 GHz signal to a 5 GHz IF is 16 dB with an input compression point of-21 dBm while consuming 60 mW of power. The DSB noise figure is below 7 dB over the entire IF bandwidth which is greater than 1 GHz. The use of spiral inductors and transformers as matching elements resulted in a die area of only 600 mum times 475 mum including pads
Keywords :
inductors; low noise amplifiers; radio receivers; transformers; 1 GHz; 1.2 V; 5 GHz; 60 GHz; 60 mW; 90 nm; CMOS; IF buffer; LNA; LO buffer; S/D conversion; double balanced mixing; downconversion mixer; matching elements; on chip transformers; radio receiver; spiral inductors; transformer baluns; Bandwidth; Circuits; Impedance matching; Inductors; MOSFETs; RF signals; Radio frequency; Receivers; Strontium; Transformers; 60-GHz radio; CMOS mm-wave integrated circuits; inductors; mm-wave receiver; transformers;
Conference_Titel :
Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium, 2006. CSIC 2006. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0126-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0127-5
DOI :
10.1109/CSICS.2006.319876
