A high-sensitivity 135GHz millimeter-wave imager by differential transmission-line loaded split-ring-resonator in 65nm CMOS

Author

Yang Shang ; Hao Yu ; Chang Yang ; Sanming Hu ; Minkyu Je

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2014

fDate

22-26 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

166

Lastpage

169

Abstract

A high-sensitivity 135GHz millimeter-wave (mm-wave) imager is demonstrated in 65nm CMOS by on-chip metamaterial resonator: a differential transmission-line (T-line) loaded with split-ring-resonator (DTL-SRR). Due to sharp stop-band introduced by metamaterial load, high-Q oscillatory amplification can be achieved with high sensitivity when utilizing DTL-SRR as quench-controlled oscillator to provide regenerative detection. The developed mm-wave imager pixel has a compact core chip area of 0.0085mm² with measured power consumption of 6.2mW, sensitivity of -76.8dBm, noise figure of 9.7dB, and noise equivalent power of 0.9fW/√Hz with demonstrated mm-wave images.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; electromagnetic metamaterials; field effect MIMIC; low-power electronics; millimetre wave oscillators; millimetre wave resonators; transmission lines; CMOS intergated circuit; DTL-SRR; differential transmission line; frequency 135 GHz; high-sensitivity millimeter-wave imager; metamaterial load; mm-wave imager pixel; noise figure 9.7 dB; on-chip metamaterial resonator; oscillatory amplification; power 6.2 mW; power consumption; quench-controlled oscillator; size 65 nm; split ring resonator; Antenna arrays; CMOS integrated circuits; Metamaterials; Receiving antennas; Sensitivity; System-on-chip;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC), 2014 44th European

Conference_Location

Venice

ISSN

1930-8876

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-4378-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ESSDERC.2014.6948786

Filename

6948786