A 60GHz CMOS Differential Receiver Front-End Using On-Chip Transformer for 1.2 Volt Operation with Enhanced Gain and Linearity

Author

Huang, Daquan ; Wong, Raymond ; Gu, Qun ; Wang, Ning-Yi ; Ku, Tai W. ; Chien, Charles ; Chang, Mau-Chung Frank

Author_Institution

California Univ., Los Angeles, CA

fYear

0

fDate

0-0 0

Firstpage

144

Lastpage

145

Abstract

A compact 60GHz CMOS differential direct conversion receiver front-end based on eight-metal-layer interleaved on-chip transformers is realized for low voltage (1.2V) and high gain (24dB) operation with input 1dB compression point of -11dBm, noise figure of 10.5 dB and power consumption of 4.3mW/arm. Compared with prior arts in CMOS, this receiver achieves the highest gain without an output buffer, highest linearity, lowest noise, and lowest power consumption with smallest die area of 0.022mm²

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; low-power electronics; millimetre wave integrated circuits; millimetre wave receivers; transformers; 1.2 V; 10.5 dB; 24 dB; 60 GHz; CMOS receiver front-end; differential receiver front-end; direct conversion receiver; high gain operation; low voltage operation; on-chip transformer; CMOS digital integrated circuits; Coupling circuits; Degradation; Digital circuits; Energy consumption; Linearity; Low voltage; Performance gain; Radio frequency; Stacking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI Circuits, 2006. Digest of Technical Papers. 2006 Symposium on

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0006-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705351

Filename

1705351