An integrated 132-147GHz power source with +27dBm EIRP

Akshay Visweswaran; Alexander Haag; Carmine de Martino; Karina Schneider; Tim Maiwald; Bastien Vignon; Klaus Aufinger; Marco Spirito; Thomas Zwick; Piet Wambacq

doi:10.1109/RFIC49505.2020.9218353

An integrated 132-147GHz power source with +27dBm EIRP

Akshay Visweswaran, Alexander Haag, Carmine de Martino, Karina Schneider, Tim Maiwald, Bastien Vignon, Klaus Aufinger, Marco Spirito, Thomas Zwick, Piet Wambacq

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Abstract

We present a 132-147GHz power source based on four power amplifiers whose outputs are combined into a compact (0.52x0.48mm2 footprint) dielectric resonator antenna mounted on the chip face. The source, prototyped in 0.13μm SiGe BiCMOS, demonstrates an EIRP of 27dBm with a power-added efficiency of 13.8 %. Individual PAs deliver a peak Psat of 15dBm over a 3-dB bandwidth of 116-152GHz. Excited by shorted patches on chip, the maximum efficiency of the hybrid antenna is 80% over a 16% relative bandwidth. The EIRP and transmitted RF power are the highest reported for D-band silicon-based transmitters.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	219-222
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728168098
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC49505.2020.9218353
Publication status	Published - Aug 2020
Event	2020 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC) - Duration: 4 Aug 2020 → 6 Aug 2020

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Name	Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium
Volume	2020-August
ISSN (Print)	1529-2517

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Conference	2020 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)
Period	4/08/20 → 6/08/20

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Visweswaran, A., Haag, A., de Martino, C., Schneider, K., Maiwald, T., Vignon, B., Aufinger, K., Spirito, M., Zwick, T., & Wambacq, P. (2020). An integrated 132-147GHz power source with +27dBm EIRP. In Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC) (pp. 219-222). [9218353] (Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium; Vol. 2020-August). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC49505.2020.9218353

Visweswaran, Akshay ; Haag, Alexander ; de Martino, Carmine ; Schneider, Karina ; Maiwald, Tim ; Vignon, Bastien ; Aufinger, Klaus ; Spirito, Marco ; Zwick, Thomas ; Wambacq, Piet. / An integrated 132-147GHz power source with +27dBm EIRP. Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC). IEEE, 2020. pp. 219-222 (Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium).

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An integrated 132-147GHz power source with +27dBm EIRP. / Visweswaran, Akshay; Haag, Alexander; de Martino, Carmine; Schneider, Karina; Maiwald, Tim; Vignon, Bastien; Aufinger, Klaus; Spirito, Marco; Zwick, Thomas; Wambacq, Piet.

Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC). IEEE, 2020. p. 219-222 9218353 (Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium; Vol. 2020-August).

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