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

fYear

2013

fDate

2-7 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest (IMS), 2013 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6177-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2013.6697334

Filename

6697334