Diodes in CMOS for millimeter and sub-millimeter wave circuits

Author

Mao, C. ; Shim, D. ; Han, R. ; Sankaran, S. ; Seok, E. ; Zhang, Y. ; O, K.K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of ECE, U. of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

26-28 April 2010

Firstpage

23

Lastpage

24

Abstract

High volume millimeter wave applications are emerging. With the speed improvement of CMOS, sub-millimeter wave operation of CMOS circuits appears to be possible. In traditional millimeter and sub-millimeter wave systems, discrete Schottky diodes are widely utilized. This paper reviews the high frequency performance of junction and Schottky diodes fabricated in CMOS without any process modification, and circuits using the diodes, as well as suggesting approaches that can improve their performance.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; MIMIC; Schottky diodes; submillimetre wave integrated circuits; CMOS circuits; discrete Schottky diodes; junction diodes; millimeter wave circuits; submillimeter wave circuits; Amplitude modulation; CMOS analog integrated circuits; Detectors; Frequency; Millimeter wave devices; Millimeter wave technology; Power generation; Schottky diodes; Signal generators; Sociotechnical systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI Technology Systems and Applications (VLSI-TSA), 2010 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hsinchu

ISSN

1524-766X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5063-3

Electronic_ISBN

1524-766X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VTSA.2010.5488966

Filename

5488966