A 28 nm CMOS 60 GHz polar transmitter (TX) is presented. It can handle modulations up to 64 QAM with a baudrate up to 1.76 Gbaud. Both amplitude and phase modulation are performed on chip at a sample rate up to 5.28 GS/s. The saturated output power is 12.6 dBm and the peak drain efficiency is 26.0 %. A TX data rate of 10.56 Gb/s is achieved with a DAC alias at -19.4 dBc. With a core area of 0.115mm2 this transmitter consumes 95.4 mW (without on-chip memory) from a 0.9 V supply.
Nguyen, JH-D, Khalaf, K, Brebels, S, Shrivas, M, Vaesen, K & Wambacq, P 2020, A 10.56 Gbit/s,-27.8 dB EVM Polar Transmitter at 60 GHz in 28nm CMOS. in 2020 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)., 9218438, Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, vol. 2020-August, pp. 179-182, 2020 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), 4/08/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC49505.2020.9218438
Nguyen, J. H.-D., Khalaf, K., Brebels, S., Shrivas, M., Vaesen, K., & Wambacq, P. (2020). A 10.56 Gbit/s,-27.8 dB EVM Polar Transmitter at 60 GHz in 28nm CMOS. In 2020 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC) (pp. 179-182). Article 9218438 (Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium; Vol. 2020-August). https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC49505.2020.9218438
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title = "A 10.56 Gbit/s,-27.8 dB EVM Polar Transmitter at 60 GHz in 28nm CMOS",
abstract = "A 28 nm CMOS 60 GHz polar transmitter (TX) is presented. It can handle modulations up to 64 QAM with a baudrate up to 1.76 Gbaud. Both amplitude and phase modulation are performed on chip at a sample rate up to 5.28 GS/s. The saturated output power is 12.6 dBm and the peak drain efficiency is 26.0 %. A TX data rate of 10.56 Gb/s is achieved with a DAC alias at -19.4 dBc. With a core area of 0.115mm2 this transmitter consumes 95.4 mW (without on-chip memory) from a 0.9 V supply.",
author = "Nguyen, {Johan Hoang-Dung} and Khaled Khalaf and Steven Brebels and Mithlesh Shrivas and Kristof Vaesen and Piet Wambacq",
year = "2020",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1109/RFIC49505.2020.9218438",
language = "English",
series = "Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium",
pages = "179--182",
booktitle = "2020 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)",
note = "2020 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC) ; Conference date: 04-08-2020 Through 06-08-2020",
}