Title :
A Scalable 6-to-18GHz Concurrent Dual-Band Quad-Beam Phased-Array Receiver in CMOS
Author :
Jeon, Sanggeun ; Wang, Yu-Jiu ; Wang, Hua ; Bohn, Florian ; Natarajan, Arun ; Babakhani, Aydin ; Hajimiri, Ali
Author_Institution :
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
Abstract :
This paper describes the general architecture and the signal-path behavior of a CMOS programmable phased-array receiver element that simultaneously operates at two frequencies between 6 and 18GHz (a tritave) while forming four independently controlled beams.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; MMIC; microwave receivers; CMOS technology; frequency 6 GHz to 18 GHz; phased-array receiver; signal-path behavior; Baseband; Costs; Dual band; Mixers; Phase noise; Phased arrays; Polarization; Radio frequency; Silicon; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2008. ISSCC 2008. Digest of Technical Papers. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2010-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2011-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.2008.4523119