Title :
A max 349 GHz 18.2mW/pixel CMOS inter-modulated regenerative receiver for tri-color mm-wave imaging
Author :
Tang, Adrian ; Gu, Qun ; Xu, Zhiwei ; Virbila, Gabriel ; Chang, Mau-Chung Frank
Author_Institution :
Univ of California, Los Angeles, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a mm-wave imaging CMOS regenerative receiver which is intermodulated by a second oscillator to provide multiple receive bands at 349, 201 and 53 GHz for false color imaging. The proposed receiver consumes 18.2mW per pixel and occupies 0.021mm2 of silicon area.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Imaging; Narrowband; Noise; Oscillators; Receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2012 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1085-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6257759
