Title :
A Highly Integrated 60GHz CMOS Front-End Receiver
Author :
Emami, Sohrab ; Doan, Chinh H. ; Niknejad, All M. ; Brodersen, Robert W.
Abstract :
A 60GHz CMOS front-end receiver is described. The receiver comprises an LNA, a quadrature-balanced downconversion mixer, a VCO, and a frequency doubler. The integrated front-end has a conversion gain of 11.8dB, an NF of 10.4dB, and an input P1dB of -15.8dBm. The receiver is implemented in a digital 0.13mum CMOS process and draws 64mA from a 1.2V supply.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; frequency multipliers; low noise amplifiers; mixers (circuits); receivers; voltage-controlled oscillators; 0.13 micron; 1.2 V; 10.4 dB; 11.8 dB; 60 GHz; 64 mA; CMOS front-end receiver; LNA; VCO; frequency doubler; quadrature-balanced downconversion mixer; Bandwidth; Circuits; Coplanar waveguides; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Power generation; Power transmission lines; Radio frequency; Semiconductor device measurement; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2007. ISSCC 2007. Digest of Technical Papers. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0853-9
Electronic_ISBN :
0193-6530
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.2007.373358