Title :
High performance transformer based mm-wave CMOS power amplifier
Author :
Hamidian, Amin ; Malignaggi, Andrea ; Boeck, Georg
Author_Institution :
Microwave Eng. Lab., Berlin Inst. of Technol., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
This paper presents a new technique for transformer based millimeter-wave power amplifier design. For this purpose a new scalable model for on-chip transformers is introduced. The modeling technique is also validated for 90 nm LP CMOS technology by comparing measured and simulated results. Due to high accuracy and scalability of the model, a faster and more accurate design procedure for high performance transformer based power amplifier design is achieved. The measured results of the power amplifier show 22 dB gain, 14 dBm saturated output power, 12 dBm output power at 1dB compression point at 60 GHz with 0.065 mm2 active chip size.
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; field effect MIMIC; low-power electronics; millimetre wave power amplifiers; transformers; LP CMOS technology; frequency 60 GHz; gain 22 dB; high performance transformer; millimeter-wave power amplifier design; mm-wave CMOS power amplifier; on-chip transformers; size 90 nm; CMOS integrated circuits; Circuit faults; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave technology; Oil insulation; Semiconductor device modeling; Voltage measurement; 90 nm LP CMOS technology; Millimeter-wave; power amplifier; transformer;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), 2013 European
Conference_Location :
Nuremberg
