Title :
A 294 GHz 0.47mW caterpillar amplifier based transmitter in 65nm CMOS For THz data-links
Author :
Tang, Anthony ; Chang, M.F.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
A fully integrated CMOS THz transmitter for short range data-links is presented which provides 0.47mW of output power at 294 GHz. The output frequency is derived from a 147 GHz on-chip LO and fully differential caterpillar power amplifier combined with a transformer coupled frequency doubler. The transmitter is integrated with an on-chip dipole antenna for use in THz communication systems and consumes a total of 258 mW.
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; differential amplifiers; dipole antennas; field effect MIMIC; frequency multipliers; millimetre wave power amplifiers; radio links; radio transmitters; transformers; THz communication systems; THz data-links; frequency 147 GHz; frequency 294 GHz; fully differential caterpillar power amplifier; fully integrated CMOS THz transmitter; on-chip LO; on-chip dipole antenna; power 0.47 mW; power 258 mW; short range data-links; size 65 nm; transformer coupled frequency doubler; Amplitude shift keying; Antenna measurements; CMOS integrated circuits; Circuit faults; Power amplifiers; Transmitters; Voltage-controlled oscillators; THz communication; caterpillar amplifier; power amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2929-3
Electronic_ISBN :
2164-2958
DOI :
10.1109/RWS.2013.6486636
