19.2mW 2Gbps CMOS pulse receiver for 60GHz band wireless communication

A low-power 60 GHz pulse receiver has been fabricated for over-Gbps wireless communication by a standard 90 nm CMOS process. The receiver consists of a nonlinear detecting amplifier, a limiting amplifier, an offset canceller and a buffer. The measured sensitivity is the average power of -20 dBm for millimeter-wave pulses of 60 GHz. The power dissipation and maximum data rate of the receiver are 19.2 mW and 2 Gbps, respectively. These results indicate the possibility of new low-power and ultrahigh-speed wireless communication using millimeter-wave pulses with CMOS implementation.