A Transformer-Matched Millimeter-Wave CMOS Power Amplifier

被引:3
作者
Park, Seungwon [1 ]
Jeon, Sanggeun [1 ]
机构
[1] Korea Univ, Sch Elect Engn, Seoul 136713, South Korea
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
CMOS; millimeter-wave; power amplifier; transformer; 90 NM CMOS; 65-NM CMOS; TRANSCEIVER; COMBINER;
D O I
10.5573/JSTS.2016.16.5.687
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 differential power amplifier operating at millimeter-wave frequencies is demonstrated using a 65-nm CMOS technology. All of the input, output, and inter-stage network are implemented by transformers only, enabling impedance matching with low loss and a wide bandwidth. The millimeter-wave power amplifier exhibits measured small-signal gain exceeding 12.6 dB over a 3-dB bandwidth from 45 to 56 GHz. The output power and PAE are 13 dBm and 11.7%, respectively at 50 GHz.
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页码:687 / 694
页数:8
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