Title :
A 53 GHz Single Chip Receiver for Geostationary Atmospheric Measurements
Author :
Gavell, Marcus ; Ferndahl, Mattias ; Gunnarsson, Sten E. ; Zirath, Herbert
Author_Institution :
Gotmic AB, Goteborg, Sweden
Abstract :
This paper presents the design and characterization of a multifunctional receiver with integrated ×4 frequency multiplier for the LO generation, image reject mixer and low noise amplifier into a single chip MMIC. Noise figure has been measured to 4.6 dB and power consumption to 140 mW. The image rejection is better than 47 dB, conversion gain 10 dB and IIP3 -12 dBm. This performance is far superior to any comparable existing published 53 GHz receiver. The process used is commercially available 0.15 μm GaAs mHEMT technology featuring ft=120 GHz and fmax=200 GHz.
Keywords :
HEMT integrated circuits; atmospheric measuring apparatus; frequency multipliers; gallium arsenide; low noise amplifiers; low-power electronics; millimetre wave mixers; millimetre wave receivers; radiometry; LO generation; conversion gain; frequency 53 GHz; gain 10 dB; geostationary atmospheric measurements; image reject mixer; image rejection; integrated frequency multiplier; low noise amplifier; mHEMT technology; multifunctional receiver; noise figure; noise figure 4.6 dB; power 140 mW; power consumption; single chip MMIC; single chip receiver; size 0.15 mum; Frequency measurement; Gain; Noise figure; Radio frequency; Receivers; Semiconductor device measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium (CSICS), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-711-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1550-8781
DOI :
10.1109/CSICS.2011.6062476
