A Low-Power 120-GHz Integrated Sixport Receiver Front-End with Digital Adjustable Gain in a 130-nm BiCMOS Technology

Völkel M, Hirsch H, Dietz M, Weigel R, Hagelauer AM, Kissinger D (2017)

Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Future Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2017

Pages Range: 82-85

Conference Proceedings Title: IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting

Event location: Miami, FL

DOI: 10.1109/BCTM.2017.8112916

Abstract

In this paper a 120GHz monolithic low-power
sixport receiver front-end including two variable gain amplifiers,
a passive sixport network, four detectors and a digital serial
interface (SPI) is presented. The measurement principle is based
on the additive superposition of two incident millimeter-wave
signals, whereas the superposition must be fulfilled under special
conditions. After power detection, the quadrature components
can be extracted. The proposed measurement system is well
suited for industrial radar applications, as well as for biomedical
applications and it is further more well suited for communication
systems. The receiver has been designed using a 0.13μm SiGe
BiCMOS process from IHP (SG13G2). The whole integrated
circuit has a size of 1560μm x 900μm and only consumes
102.3mW from a 3.3V supply. The receiver exhibits a 1 dB
compression point of -13dBm at the center frequency. The
bandwidth is 15.5 GHz and covers the lower part of the D-Band.
The gain of the input amplifier can be adjusted from 3 to 16 dB
by a digital interface. The maximum power consumption of the
VGA is 46.2mW.

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APA:

Völkel, M., Hirsch, H., Dietz, M., Weigel, R., Hagelauer, A.M., & Kissinger, D. (2017). A Low-Power 120-GHz Integrated Sixport Receiver Front-End with Digital Adjustable Gain in a 130-nm BiCMOS Technology. In IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting (pp. 82-85). Miami, FL, US.

MLA:

Völkel, Matthias, et al. "A Low-Power 120-GHz Integrated Sixport Receiver Front-End with Digital Adjustable Gain in a 130-nm BiCMOS Technology." Proceedings of the IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, Miami, FL 2017. 82-85.

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