Title :
A low-cost, wide-band 60 GHz down-converter module for multi-gigabit per second wireless communication
Author :
Gang Liu ; Ulusoy, A. Cagri ; Trasser, A. ; Schumacher, Hermann
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electron Devices & Circuits, Ulm Univ., Ulm, Germany
Abstract :
This paper presents a low-cost down-converter module for 60 GHz short-range multi-gigabit per second wireless applications. The 60 GHz down-converter IC, consisting of a mixer, a VCO, a frequency doubler and a PLL, is realized in a low-cost SiGe HBT technology and packaged using low-cost substrate material and wire-bonding techniques with compensated interconnect structures. The packaged module shows 2.5 dB conversion gain at 60 GHz and a very wide IF bandwidth of 10 GHz, covering the complete 60 GHz ISM band. The module has been tested in a short range 60 GHz system with up to 2 Gbit/s data rate and error-free transmission have been achieved.
Keywords :
Ge-Si alloys; broadband networks; frequency multipliers; heterojunction bipolar transistors; integrated circuit interconnections; lead bonding; millimetre wave integrated circuits; millimetre wave mixers; millimetre wave oscillators; phase locked loops; voltage-controlled oscillators; IF bandwidth; PLL; VCO; compensated interconnect structure; error-free transmission; frequency 60 GHz; frequency doubler; low-cost SiGe HBT technology; low-cost substrate material; low-cost wide-band down-converter module; mixer; multigigabit per second wireless communication; packaged module; wire-bonding technique; Bandwidth; Gain; Integrated circuits; Radio frequency; Receivers; Substrates; Wireless communication; Millimeter-wave integrated circuits; hetero-junction bipolar transistors;
Conference_Titel :
Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2929-3
Electronic_ISBN :
2164-2958
DOI :
10.1109/RWS.2013.6486737
