A fully integrated 96GHz 2×2 focal-plane array with On-Chip antenna

Author

Wang, Chun-Cheng ; Chen, Zhiming ; Yao, Hsin-Cheng ; Heydari, Payam

Author_Institution

Nanoscale Commun. IC (NCIC) Lab., Univ. of California, Irvine, CA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

5-7 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A fully integrated 96 GHz 2 × 2 focal-plane array (FPA) direct conversion imager in 0.18 μm SiGe BiCMOS (f_T/f_max=200/180 GHz) employing four integrated antennas with Dicke switches and LO generation/distribution is presented. The PLL plus tripler achieves a locking range of 92.67-98.2 GHz and phase noise of -93 dBc/Hz at 96 GHz measured at 1 MHz offset. The 3.5 × 3 mm² chip achieves an average responsivity and NEP of 285 MV/W and 8.1 fW/√Hz, respectively, across 86-106 GHz band and an NETD of 0.48 K. The chip consumes 695 mW from 1.8 V/2.5 V supplies.

Keywords

dipole antennas; focal planes; phase locked loops; slot antennas; Dicke switches; LO generation/distribution; PLL plus tripler; focal plane array direct conversion imager; frequency 1 MHz; frequency 86 GHz to 106 GHz; frequency 92.67 GHz to 98.2 GHz; on-chip antenna; power 695 mW; size 0.18 mum; temperature 0.48 K; voltage 1.8 V; voltage 2.5 V; Antenna measurements; Gain; Imaging; Noise; Noise measurement; Phase locked loops; Semiconductor device measurement; PLL; SiGe; W-band; focal-plane array; frequency generation; millimeter-wave; passive imaging; radiometer;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

ISSN

1529-2517

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8293-1

Electronic_ISBN

1529-2517

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.2011.5940668

Filename

5940668