A Four-Antenna Transceiver MIMIC for 60 GHz Wireless Multimedia Applications

Author

Koch, S. ; Kallfass, I. ; Leuther, A. ; Schlechtweg, M. ; Saito, S. ; Uno, M.

Author_Institution

Sony Deutschland GmbH, Stuttgart

fYear

2008

fDate

27-31 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

1529

Lastpage

1532

Abstract

A transceiver MIMIC (millimeter wave monolithic integrated circuit) with four antenna ports functionality for 55 to 65 GHz wireless multimedia applications has been developed. The chip has been realized using 100 nm gatelength metamorphic InAlAs / InGaAs HEMT (high electron mobility transistor) technology on GaAs substrate together with GCPW (grounded coplanar waveguide) technology. The novel transceiver topology for the MIMIC is described. The different building blocks, namely the 2:4-switch design, sub-harmonic IQ-resistive mixer and variable gain amplifiers, are explained in details. Simulated and measured results are compared. Finally, the overall performance for the integrated transceiver chip is presented.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; MIMIC; aluminium compounds; antenna arrays; gallium arsenide; high electron mobility transistors; indium compounds; multimedia communication; transceivers; wide band gap semiconductors; MIMIC; four-antenna transceiver; frequency 55 GHz to 65 GHz; gatelength metamorphic HEMT; grounded coplanar waveguide technology; high electron mobility transistor; millimeter wave monolithic integrated circuit; sub-harmonic IQ- resistive mixer; substrate; variable gain amplifiers; wireless multimedia; HEMTs; Indium compounds; Indium gallium arsenide; Integrated circuit technology; MIMICs; MODFETs; Millimeter wave technology; Millimeter wave transistors; Monolithic integrated circuits; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2008. EuMC 2008. 38th European

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

978-2-87487-006-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMC.2008.4751759

Filename

4751759