A 60GHz class F-E power VCO with vector-modulator feedback in 65nm CMOS technology

Author

Drean, S. ; Martin, Nicolas ; Deltimple, Nathalie ; Kerherve, Eric ; Martineau, Baudouin ; Belot, Didier

Author_Institution

IMS Lab., Univ. of Bordeaux, Talence, France

fYear

2012

fDate

9-12 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

173

Lastpage

176

Abstract

A structure of a millimeter-wave transmitter architecture based on a Power VCO principle including a vector-modulator as a feedback loop solution is presented. This structure is dedicated to the V-band around 60 GHz. The Power VCO is designed in 65nm CMOS technology of STMicroelectronics. It is composed of a 2 stages class F-E power amplifier inserted in a loop to fulfill the oscillation conditions. The simulation results shows 9.7dBm output power at 60 GHz, a phase noise of -91.6dBc/Hz at 1MHz offset, for a consumption of 157mW.

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; circuit feedback; circuit noise; circuit oscillations; millimetre wave amplifiers; modulators; phase noise; power amplifiers; transmitters; voltage-controlled oscillators; CMOS technology; STMicroelectronics; class F-E power VCO; class F-E power amplifier; feedback loop solution; frequency 60 GHz; millimeter-wave transmitter architecture; oscillation condition; phase noise; power 157 mW; power VCO principle; size 65 nm; vector-modulator feedback; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Feedback loop; Phase shifters; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Voltage-controlled oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), 2012 19th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Seville

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1261-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-1259-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.2012.6463772

Filename

6463772