Title :
A 75 - 95 GHz Wideband CMOS Power Amplifier
Author :
Wicks, Byron ; Skafidas, Efstratios ; Evans, Rob
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC
Abstract :
In this paper, a 75 - 95 GHz wideband power amplifier (PA) in 0.13-mum CMOS is implemented to explore the feasibility of low-cost CMOS technology for use in 71 - 76 GHz, 81 - 86 GHz and 92 - 95 GHz fixed point-to-point link bands and the 77-GHz vehicular radar band. The fully-integrated design incorporates the power amplifier, matching networks, and input and output transmission line networks on-chip. The designed amplifier achieves small signal gain of 6.0 dB at 77 GHz, a 3-dB bandwidth of 75 - 95 GHz and delivers a saturated output power of 8.1 dBm.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; MMIC amplifiers; radar; transmission lines; wideband amplifiers; fixed point-to-point link band; frequency 75 GHz to 95 GHz; fully-integrated design; gain 6.0 dB; low-cost CMOS technology; matching networks; output transmission line networks on-chip; size 0.13 mum; vehicular radar band; wideband CMOS power amplifier; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; CMOS technology; Gain; Impedance matching; Network-on-a-chip; Power amplifiers; Power transmission lines; Radar; Signal design;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2008. EuMC 2008. 38th European
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
978-2-87487-006-4
DOI :
10.1109/EUMC.2008.4751732
