Title : 
A 245 GHz ASK modulator and demodulator with 40 Gbits/sec data rate in 0.13 μm SiGe BiCMOS technology
         
        
            Author : 
Elkhouly, Mohamed ; Yanfie Mao ; Meliani, Chafik ; Ellinger, F. ; Schyett, Christoph
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
IHP, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper presents a 245 GHz ASK modulator and demodulator capable of 40 Gbit/s operation. The design is based on 0.13 μm SiGe BiCMOS technology. The chip includes a 245 GHz SPST switch, a wide-band driver amplifier, and an ASK demodulator. The ASK demodulator consists of a power detector followed by a wide-band high gain amplifier. The modulator consumes 31 mW and the demodulator consumes 100 mW.
         
        
            Keywords : 
BiCMOS integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; amplitude shift keying; demodulators; microwave amplifiers; microwave switches; modulators; wideband amplifiers; ASK demodulator; ASK modulator; SPST switch; SiGe; SiGe BiCMOS technology; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; frequency 245 GHz; power 100 mW; power 31 mW; power detector; size 0.13 mum; wide band high gain amplifier; wideband driver amplifier; Amplitude shift keying; Demodulation; Detectors; Semiconductor device measurement; Silicon germanium; Switches; ASK; Demodulator; Modulator; Power Detector; Sub-THz; Switch; Wide-Band Amplifier;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Microwave Symposium Digest (IMS), 2013 IEEE MTT-S International
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Seattle, WA
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4673-6177-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MWSYM.2013.6697334