A Ka-Band SiGe Bootstrapped Gilbert Frequency Doubler With 26.2% PAE

被引：15

作者：

Frounchi, Milad ^{[1
]}

Rao, Sunil G. ^{[1
]}

Cressler, John D. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Georgia Tech, Sch Elect & Comp Engn, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA

来源：

IEEE MICROWAVE AND WIRELESS COMPONENTS LETTERS | 2018年 / 28卷 / 12期

关键词：

5G; bootstrapped; frequency doubler (FD); Gilbert; high efficiency; Ka-band; phase-controlled; SiGe HBT;

D O I：

10.1109/LMWC.2018.2877198

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

This letter presents a Ka-band Gilbert frequency doubler (FD), in which the phase of the injected signal to switching transistors is adjusted to maximize the core conversion gain (CG) and power-added efficiency (PAE). It achieves a peak PAE of 26.2% and a peak CG of 21 dB at 28 GHz, without any output buffer. The FD provides a saturated output power of 11.9 dBm, a 3-dB bandwidth of 22-36 GHz, and a fundamental harmonic rejection of 32 dB. To the best of our knowledge, this FD achieves the highest CG and PAE among all reported Si-based FDs without output buffers.

引用

页码：1122 / 1124

页数：3

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