Analog read-out integragted W-band Dicke-radiometer in 0.13um SiGe design and characterization of W-band radiometer RFIC intended for FPA imager

Author

Shumaker, Evgeny ; Elad, Danny

Author_Institution

IBM Haifa Res. Lab., Haifa Univ. Campus, Haifa, Israel

fYear

2014

fDate

6-9 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

1130

Lastpage

1133

Abstract

A W-band Dicke-radiometer RFIC featuring an on-chip integrated analog read-out back-end optimized for power (75 mW) and area efficiency (0.32 mm²). The RFIC is and realized in a standard IBM8HP 0.13um SiGe BiCMOS process. Initial characterization yields an NEP derived 3-dB system bandwidth of 15 GHz (centered at 92 GHz) with the measured average NEP of 37 fW/√Hz. For 30 msec frame-time this is equivalent to NETD of 0.78 K.

Keywords

BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; elemental semiconductors; millimetre wave integrated circuits; radiometers; silicon compounds; BiCMOS process; NETD; SiGe; W-band Dicke-radiometer RFIC; area efficiency; average NEP measurement; bandwidth 15 GHz; frame-time; initial characterization; on-chip integrated analog read-out back-end; power 75 mW; size 0.13 mum; standard IBM8HP; time 30 ms; Bandwidth; Frequency measurement; Imaging; Microwave radiometry; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Receivers; Silicon germanium; Low-noise amplifier; Microwave imaging; Millimeter wave integrated circuits; Silicon germanium;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2014 44th European

Conference_Location

Rome

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuMC.2014.6986639

Filename

6986639