A wideband Gilbert cell up-converter in 90 nm CMOS for 60 GHz application

Author

Hamidian, Amin ; Malignaggi, Andrea ; Shu, Ran ; Kamal, A.M. ; Boeck, Georg

Author_Institution

Microwave Eng. Lab., Berlin Inst. of Technol., Berlin, Germany

fYear

2012

fDate

21-23 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

50

Lastpage

52

Abstract

This paper presents the design procedure of a fully integrated 60 GHz double balanced Gilbert cell up-conversion mixer, implemented in 90 nm LP CMOS technology. The mixer is designed for wideband performance to cover the four bands of the IEEE802.15.3c standard. The up-converter achieves a flat conversion gain of -2 dB and an output power of -9 dBm at 1 dB gain compression point for all the four channels with low DC power consumption (17 mW).

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; broadband networks; convertors; millimetre wave integrated circuits; millimetre wave mixers; power consumption; IEEE802.15.3c standard; LP CMOS technology; double balanced Gilbert cell up-conversion mixer design; flat conversion gain; frequency 60 GHz; gain -2 dB; gain 1 dB; gain compression point; low DC power consumption; power 17 mW; size 90 nm; wideband Gilbert cell up-converter; wideband performance; Decision support systems; Radio frequency; 60 GHz; CMOS 90 nm LP technology; Gilbert-cell up-conversion mixer; high data rate wireless applications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio-Frequency Integration Technology (RFIT), 2012 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2303-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIT.2012.6401610

Filename

6401610