Title :
Leveraging Integration: Toward Efficient Linearized All-Silicon IC Transmitters
Author :
Abdomerovic, I. ; Palmer, W.D. ; Watson, Paul M. ; Worley, Rick ; Raman, S.
Author_Institution :
Booz Allen Hamilton, Arlington, VA, USA
fDate :
imsspecialissuemay 2014
Abstract :
Recent efforts in efficient linearized all-Si IC transmitters have produced a 7x increase in output power and a +15% increase in PAE (over the 2008 PAE state of the art of 20%) of integrated Si mm-wave PAs. A number of on-chip integrated, highly linear transmitter architecture approaches have been developed and demonstrated.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; millimetre wave integrated circuits; millimetre wave power amplifiers; radio transmitters; silicon; Si; efficiency 20 percent; integrated silicon mm-wave PAs; linearized all-silicon IC transmitters; on-chip integrated highly linear transmitter architecture approach; Breakdown voltage; Circuit synthesis; Oscillation; Power amplifiers; Radio frequency; Silicon; Transistors; Transmitters; Voltage measurement;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MMM.2014.2302136
