A novel tunable K-band frequency doubler in 0.18-μm CMOS technology

Author

Jung-Hau Chen ; Che-Chung Kuo ; Yao-Wen Hsu ; Huei Wang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

fYear

2012

fDate

4-7 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

154

Lastpage

156

Abstract

In this paper, a K-band frequency doubler with a tunable input matching network and LC reflector is first proposed and implemented using 0.18-μm CMOS process. The conversion gain bandwidth is extended by the tunable input matching network and the tunable LC reflector can improve the fundamental rejection. This frequency doubler exhibits a conversion gain of -6~-8.3 dB from 18 to 26 GHz with 0 dBm input power and fundamental rejection of 32.5 to 44 dB. The dc power consumption is only 5.4 mW with a chip size of 0.55 × 0.46 mm².

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; LC circuits; circuit tuning; frequency multipliers; microwave integrated circuits; CMOS process; CMOS technology; conversion gain bandwidth; frequency 18 GHz to 26 GHz; power 5.4 mW; power consumption; size 0.18 mum; tunable K-band frequency doubler; tunable LC reflector; tunable input matching network; CMOS integrated circuits; Frequency measurement; Gain; Impedance matching; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Topology; CMOS; K-band; tunable LC reflector; tunable input matching network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference Proceedings (APMC), 2012 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Kaohsiung

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1330-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-1331-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2012.6421530

Filename

6421530