A 53 GHz Single Chip Receiver for Geostationary Atmospheric Measurements

Author

Gavell, Marcus ; Ferndahl, Mattias ; Gunnarsson, Sten E. ; Zirath, Herbert

Author_Institution

Gotmic AB, Goteborg, Sweden

fYear

2011

fDate

16-19 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents the design and characterization of a multifunctional receiver with integrated ×4 frequency multiplier for the LO generation, image reject mixer and low noise amplifier into a single chip MMIC. Noise figure has been measured to 4.6 dB and power consumption to 140 mW. The image rejection is better than 47 dB, conversion gain 10 dB and IIP3 -12 dBm. This performance is far superior to any comparable existing published 53 GHz receiver. The process used is commercially available 0.15 μm GaAs mHEMT technology featuring f_t=120 GHz and f_max=200 GHz.

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; atmospheric measuring apparatus; frequency multipliers; gallium arsenide; low noise amplifiers; low-power electronics; millimetre wave mixers; millimetre wave receivers; radiometry; LO generation; conversion gain; frequency 53 GHz; gain 10 dB; geostationary atmospheric measurements; image reject mixer; image rejection; integrated frequency multiplier; low noise amplifier; mHEMT technology; multifunctional receiver; noise figure; noise figure 4.6 dB; power 140 mW; power consumption; single chip MMIC; single chip receiver; size 0.15 mum; Frequency measurement; Gain; Noise figure; Radio frequency; Receivers; Semiconductor device measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium (CSICS), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

ISSN

1550-8781

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-711-5

Electronic_ISBN

1550-8781

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSICS.2011.6062476

Filename

6062476