A wideband W-band receiver front-end in 65-nm CMOS

被引:65
作者
Khanpour, Mehdi [1 ]
Tang, Keith W. [1 ]
Garcia, Patrice [2 ]
Voinigescu, Sorin P. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Toronto, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Toronto, ON M5S 3G4, Canada
[2] STMicroelectronics, F-38926 Crolles, France
关键词
Gilbert-cell mixer; low-noise amplifiers (LNAs); millimeter-wave imaging; nanoscale CMOS; noise in circuits with feedback; W-band;
D O I
10.1109/JSSC.2008.926738
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
A 75-to-91 GHz receiver front-end, consisting of a three-stage cascode low-noise amplifier (LNA), a double-balanced Gilbert-cell mixer and a differential DC-to-9 GHz IF buffer, is reported in 65-nm general purpose (GP) CMOS technology. The noise and input-impedance matched LNA employs a cascode input stage with shunt-series, transformer feedback. A theoretical and experimental comparison with a conventional inductor-feedback LNA indicates; 0.5-1 dB higher gain, 0.3-0.6 dB lower noise figure and better input return loss for the transformer feedback LNA. The receiver has a differential down-conversion gain of 13 dB, an input P-1dB of -16.2 dBm, and a double-sideband noise figure of 8.5 to 10 dB at an IF of 1 GHz. Because of the transformer feedback, the input return loss is better than -20 dB from 80 to 92 GHz and remains below -10 dB from 70 GHz beyond 95 GHz. The circuit occupies an area of 460 pm x 500 mu m and consumes 89 mW (47 mW in the LNA and mixer) from a 1.5 V supply. An LO-to-RF isolation of 60 dB was measured for LO signals in the 80-to-85 GHz range. Measurements of the mixer breakout, which includes transformers at the RF and LO ports, show a record NFDSB of 8 to 10 dB over the 74-to-91 GHz band. The 50-Omega noise figure of the LNA is 6.4 to 8.4 dB in the 75-to-88.5 GHz range. The LNA can also be employed as a transmitter output stage with a saturated output power of +4 dBm.
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页码:1717 / 1730
页数:14
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