• DocumentCode
    2894895
  • Title

    A 120GHz 10Gb/s phase-modulating transmitter in 65nm LP CMOS

  • Author

    Deferm, Noël ; Reynaert, Patrick

  • Author_Institution
    KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    20-24 Feb. 2011
  • Firstpage
    290
  • Lastpage
    292
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a 120GHz fully integrated 65nm low power (LP) CMOS transmitter that achieves data rates above 10Gb/s. At these high frequencies an extremely high bandwidth is available. This allows multi-gigabit-per-second communication which provides an answer to the ever-increasing demand for higher data rates in wireless systems. However, wideband modulation of a 120GHz signal in 65nm LP CMOS is a challenge.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; low-power electronics; phase modulation; radio transmitters; LPCMOS; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; frequency 120 GHz; fully integrated low power CMOS transmitter; multigigabit-per-second communication; phase-modulating transmitter; size 65 nm; wideband signal modulation; wireless system; CMOS integrated circuits; Couplers; Multiplexing; Phase shift keying; Power transmission lines; Transmission line measurements; Transmitters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers (ISSCC), 2011 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    0193-6530
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-303-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSCC.2011.5746323
  • Filename
    5746323