A 0.38THz fully integrated transceiver utilizing quadrature push-push circuitry

Author

Park, Jung-Dong ; Kang, Shinwon ; Niknejad, Ali M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

15-17 June 2011

Firstpage

22

Lastpage

23

Abstract

The first fully integrated transceiver operating at 0.38THz has been demonstrated in 0.13μm SiGe BiCMOS with f_T=230GHz. Quadrature push-push circuitry using transformer-coupled stages and Coplanar Strip (CPS) lines are used to realize a terahertz (THz) subharmonic mixer, a quadrature generator, and a quadrupler from a strong fundamental LO quadrature signal generated at the W-band. The measured Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power (EIRP) is -13dBm and the noise figure (NF) is 35dB, while dissipating a power of 364mW.

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; coplanar transmission lines; semiconductor materials; strip lines; submillimetre wave integrated circuits; submillimetre wave mixers; transceivers; BiCMOS; LO quadrature signal; SiGe; W-band; coplanar strip lines; equivalent isotropically radiated power; frequency 0.38 THz; fully integrated transceiver; power 364 mW; quadrature push-push circuitry; quadrupler; size 0.13 mum; terahertz subharmonic mixer; transformer-coupled stages; Antennas; Frequency modulation; Harmonic analysis; Mixers; Silicon; Transceivers; Voltage-controlled oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI Circuits (VLSIC), 2011 Symposium on

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

2158-5601

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-175-5

Type

conf

Filename

5986405