A CMOS bidirectional 32-element phased-array transceiver at 60GHz with LTCC antenna

Author

Cohen, Emanuel ; Ruberto, Mark ; Cohen, Moshik ; Degani, Ofir ; Ravid, Shmuel ; Ritter, Dan

Author_Institution

Mobile Wireless Group, Intel Haifa, Haifa, Israel

fYear

2012

fDate

17-19 June 2012

Firstpage

439

Lastpage

442

Abstract

An integrated CMOS 60 GHz phased-array antenna module supporting symmetrical 32 TX/RX elements for wireless docking is described. Bidirectional architecture with shared blocks, mm-wave TR switch design with less than 1dB TX loss, and a full built in self test (BIST) circuits with 5deg and +/-1dB measurement accuracy of phase and power are presented. The RFIC size is 29mm², consuming 1.2W/0.85W at TX and RX with a 29dBm EIRP at -19dB EVM and 10dB NF.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; antenna phased arrays; built-in self test; ceramic packaging; integrated circuit measurement; integrated circuit packaging; integrated circuit testing; millimetre wave antennas; millimetre wave integrated circuits; radio transceivers; BIST circuit; CMOS bidirectional 32-element phased-array transceiver; LTCC antenna; RFIC; TX loss; built in self test circuit; frequency 60 GHz; gain -19 dB; mmwave TR switch design; noise figure 10 dB; phase measurement accuracy; power measurement accuracy; symmetrical 32 TX-RX element; wireless docking; Antenna measurements; Arrays; CMOS integrated circuits; Detectors; Gain; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Switches; 60 GHz; Phased-array; bidirectional; flip chip; phase shifter; power consumption;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Montreal, QC

ISSN

1529-2517

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0413-9

Electronic_ISBN

1529-2517

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.2012.6242317

Filename

6242317