A 60 GHz UWB impulse radio transmitter with integrated antenna in CMOS65nm SOI technology

This work describes an UWB impulse transmitter with integrated antenna in the 60 GHz band implemented in CMOS65nm SOI technology. The transmitter aims low-power short-range high data-rate communication systems for fast-downloading applications. It consists of an oscillator that is switched on-and-off by the digital data to be transmitted and a medium power amplifier. The transmitter is fabricated on two chips: one for direct on-chip measurements and another one implementing an integrated antenna. The transmitter measurements are performed on-chip and in free space in both continuous wave and impulse operating modes. The circuit achieves an equivalent isotropic radiated power of 2 dBm at 56 GHz and a maximum measured data rate of 2.222 Gbit/sec. The overall power consumption is 28 mW under 1.2 V voltage supply.