A direct-conversion transceiver in 40nm digital LP CMOS for 57-66GHz wireless communication is described. In TX mode the IC consumes 185mW with 10.2dBm P1dB. In RX mode consumption is 130mW with a NF of 5.5dB and 30dB gain. The frequency generation uses a subharmonically injection-locked QVCO with 8GHz locking range over the 57-66GHz band. ESD robustness is more than 4kV HBM. The transceiver achieves -17dB EVM for QAM16 modulation in the 4 channels specified by IEEE 802.15.3c standard.
Vidojkovic, V, Mangraviti, G, Khalaf, K, Szortyka, V, Vaesen, K, Van Thillo, W, Parvais, B, Libois, M, Thijs, S, Long, J, Soens, C & Wambacq, P 2012, A low-power 57-to-66GHz transceiver in 40nm LP CMOS with -17dB EVM at 7Gb/s. in First. vol. 55, 2012 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers, Mira Digital Publishing, pp. 268-269, 2012 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), San Francisco, CA, United States, 19/02/12. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6177011>
Vidojkovic, V., Mangraviti, G., Khalaf, K., Szortyka, V., Vaesen, K., Van Thillo, W., Parvais, B., Libois, M., Thijs, S., Long, J., Soens, C., & Wambacq, P. (2012). A low-power 57-to-66GHz transceiver in 40nm LP CMOS with -17dB EVM at 7Gb/s. In First (Vol. 55, pp. 268-269). (2012 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers). Mira Digital Publishing. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6177011
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title = "A low-power 57-to-66GHz transceiver in 40nm LP CMOS with -17dB EVM at 7Gb/s",
abstract = "A direct-conversion transceiver in 40nm digital LP CMOS for 57-66GHz wireless communication is described. In TX mode the IC consumes 185mW with 10.2dBm P1dB. In RX mode consumption is 130mW with a NF of 5.5dB and 30dB gain. The frequency generation uses a subharmonically injection-locked QVCO with 8GHz locking range over the 57-66GHz band. ESD robustness is more than 4kV HBM. The transceiver achieves -17dB EVM for QAM16 modulation in the 4 channels specified by IEEE 802.15.3c standard.",
keywords = "CMOS, mm-wave, low-power, 60GHz, transceiver",
author = "Vojkan Vidojkovic and Giovanni Mangraviti and Khaled Khalaf and Viki Szortyka and Kristof Vaesen and {Van Thillo}, Wim and Bertrand Parvais and Michael Libois and Steven Thijs and John Long and Charlotte Soens and Piet Wambacq",
year = "2012",
month = feb,
day = "18",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-4673-0373-6",
volume = "55",
series = "2012 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers",
publisher = "Mira Digital Publishing",
pages = "268--269",
booktitle = "First",
note = "2012 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) ; Conference date: 19-02-2012 Through 23-02-2012",
}