Title :
Design of mixers for a 130-GHz transceiver in 28-nm CMOS
Author :
Parveg, Dristy ; Varonen, Mikko ; Karkkainen, Mikko ; Halonen, Kari A. I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Micro-& Nanosci., Aalto Univ., Espoo, Finland
Abstract :
A compact and 3-dB bandwidth of 118-145-GHz Gilbert-cell mixer for up-conversion and a 1-dB bandwidth of 106-143-GHz image-rejection (IR) resistive mixer for down-conversion are designed for a 130-GHz transceiver in 28-nm CMOS technology. A wide 10-GHz intermediate frequency (IF) tuning range is obtained for both mixers. The simulated results show a +1.6-dB conversion gain for the Gilbert-cell mixer with a layout size of 720×633 μm2 and 6.1 mW of DC power consumption. An 11-dB conversion loss and 30-dB IR ratio are simulated for the resistive mixer with a layout size of 845×794 μm2. The simulated 1-dB output compression point is -8 dBm for the Gilbert-cell mixer and 1-dB input compression point is +9 dBm for the resistive mixer.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; circuit simulation; circuit tuning; integrated circuit design; millimetre wave integrated circuits; millimetre wave mixers; radio transceivers; CMOS technology; DC power consumption; Gilbert-cell mixer; IR resistive mixer; bandwidth 106 GHz to 143 GHz; bandwidth 118 GHz to 145 GHz; down-conversion; frequency 10 GHz; frequency 130 GHz; gain 1 dB; gain 1.6 dB; gain 3 dB; gain 30 dB; image-rejection resistive mixer; intermediate frequency tuning range; loss 11 dB; power 6.1 mW; size 28 nm; transceiver; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Gain; Impedance matching; Mixers; Radio frequency; 130-GHz Gilbert-cell mixer; 130-GHz resistive mixer; 130-GHz transceiver; CMOS mixer; MMIC mixer;
Conference_Titel :
Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME), 2013 9th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Villach
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4580-4
DOI :
10.1109/PRIME.2013.6603100
