Compact V band frequency doubler with true balanced differential output

Author

Shuai Yuan ; Schumacher, Hermann

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron Devices & Circuits, Ulm Univ., Ulm, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

Sept. 30 2013-Oct. 3 2013

Firstpage

191

Lastpage

194

Abstract

This paper presents a compact V band Gilbert cell based frequency doubler that generates a truly balanced differential output signal. By analyzing the mechanism causing the imbalanced output in a Gilbert cell based frequency doubler, a Gilbert cell based doubler with a common-mode rejection transformer is designed for V band applications in a 0.13μm SiGe:C HBT process. The doubler delivers about 0.3dBm power at 65GHz, with a 3-dB bandwidth of 20GHz from 55 to 75 GHz, and a power consumption of 50 mW. The measured amplitude imbalance is +0.3/-0.2 dB in the 15GHz bandwidth from 60 to 75GHz.

Keywords

Ge-Si alloys; carbon; frequency multipliers; heterojunction bipolar transistors; transformers; HBT process; SiGe:C; bandwidth 15 GHz; bandwidth 20 GHz; common-mode rejection transformer; compact V band Gilbert cell based frequency doubler; frequency 55 GHz to 75 GHz; power 50 mW; size 0.13 mum; true balanced differential output signal; Coils; Frequency measurement; Harmonic analysis; Power generation; Power measurement; RF signals; Radio frequency; Frequency doubler; Gilbert cell; MMIC; SiGe; differential output balance; transformer;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting (BCTM), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Bordeaux

ISSN

1088-9299

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0126-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BCTM.2013.6798173

Filename

6798173