A V and E-band packaged direct-conversion transceiver chipset for mobile backhaul application in SiGe technology

Author

Trotta, Saverio ; Sapone, Giuseppina ; Jungmaier, Reinhard W. ; Chakraborty, Abhiram ; Bal, Jagjit S. ; Knapp, Herbert ; Forstner, Hans-Peter ; Nasr, Ismail ; Wojinowski, Maciej ; Seler, Ernst ; Mousavi, Mehran P. ; Malsam, Dimitri

Author_Institution

Infineon AG, Munich, Germany

fYear

2014

fDate

6-9 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

1655

Lastpage

1658

Abstract

In this paper three chipsets for mobile backhaul application in the V and E-band are presented. The chips are fabricated in a 170GHz fT SiGe production technology and housed in a wafer level package, eWLB. The three devices share the same silicon front-end. They show the same size, same architecture, and same pin interface. Thus, they enable cost efficient system designs from 57 up 86GHz. Moreover, for the first time, a packaged device is used in those wireless applications up to 86GHz. The transceiver chip features a push-push VCO showing a PNssb lower than -80dBc/Hz at 100kHz offset in the whole frequency range of interest. The NF of the Rx is lower than 8dB, including the loss of the package. Supplied with 3.3V, the chip consumes 1.6W in Tx mode and 1.1W in Rx mode.

Keywords

Ge-Si alloys; millimetre wave oscillators; radio transceivers; voltage-controlled oscillators; wafer level packaging; E-band; SiGe; SiGe production technology; V-band; direct-convertsion transceiver chipset; eWLB; frequency 170 GHz; frequency 86 GHz; mobile backhaul application; packaged device; power 1.1 W; power 1.6 W; push-push VCO; silicon front-end; transceiver chip features; voltage 3.3 V; wafer level package; wireless applications; Frequency modulation; Mixers; Phase noise; Silicon germanium; Transceivers; Voltage-controlled oscillators; Backhaul; Broadband; SiGe; Wireless; mm-Wave;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2014 44th European

Conference_Location

Rome

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuMC.2014.6986772

Filename

6986772