A 410GHz CMOS Push-Push Oscillator with an On-Chip Patch Antenna

Author

Seok, Eunyoung ; Cao, Changhua ; Shim, Dongha ; Arenas, Daniel J. ; Tanner, David B. ; Hung, Chih-Ming ; O, K.K.

Author_Institution

Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL

fYear

2008

fDate

3-7 Feb. 2008

Firstpage

472

Lastpage

629

Abstract

The uses of terahertz systems (300 GHz to 3 THz) in radars, remote sensing, advanced imaging, and bio-agent and chemical detection have been extensively studied. A compact and low-cost signal source is a key circuit block of terahertz systems. Traditionally, the circuits have been built using highly optimized III-V technologies. With the advances of CMOS, it has become realistic to consider terahertz circuits in CMOS. This paper reports a signal source operating near 410 GHz that is fabricated using low-leakage transistors in a 6 M 45 nm digital CMOS technology.

Keywords

CMOS digital integrated circuits; microstrip antennas; oscillators; CMOS push-push oscillator; frequency 410 GHz; key circuit block; low-leakage transistors; on-chip patch antenna; size 45 nm; terahertz systems; CMOS image sensors; CMOS technology; Circuits; Oscillators; Patch antennas; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Radar remote sensing; Remote sensing; Submillimeter wave technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2008. ISSCC 2008. Digest of Technical Papers. IEEE International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2010-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2011-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSCC.2008.4523262

Filename

4523262