We present a 132-147GHz power source based on four power amplifiers whose outputs are combined into a compact (0.52x0.48mm2 footprint) dielectric resonator antenna mounted on the chip face. The source, prototyped in 0.13μm SiGe BiCMOS, demonstrates an EIRP of 27dBm with a power-added efficiency of 13.8 %. Individual PAs deliver a peak Psat of 15dBm over a 3-dB bandwidth of 116-152GHz. Excited by shorted patches on chip, the maximum efficiency of the hybrid antenna is 80% over a 16% relative bandwidth. The EIRP and transmitted RF power are the highest reported for D-band silicon-based transmitters.
Visweswaran, A, Haag, A, de Martino, C, Schneider, K, Maiwald, T, Vignon, B, Aufinger, K, Spirito, M, Zwick, T & Wambacq, P 2020, An integrated 132-147GHz power source with +27dBm EIRP. in Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)., 9218353, Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, vol. 2020-August, IEEE, pp. 219-222, 2020 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), 4/08/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC49505.2020.9218353
Visweswaran, A., Haag, A., de Martino, C., Schneider, K., Maiwald, T., Vignon, B., Aufinger, K., Spirito, M., Zwick, T., & Wambacq, P. (2020). An integrated 132-147GHz power source with +27dBm EIRP. In Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC) (pp. 219-222). Article 9218353 (Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium; Vol. 2020-August). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC49505.2020.9218353
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title = "An integrated 132-147GHz power source with +27dBm EIRP",
abstract = "We present a 132-147GHz power source based on four power amplifiers whose outputs are combined into a compact (0.52x0.48mm2 footprint) dielectric resonator antenna mounted on the chip face. The source, prototyped in 0.13μm SiGe BiCMOS, demonstrates an EIRP of 27dBm with a power-added efficiency of 13.8 %. Individual PAs deliver a peak Psat of 15dBm over a 3-dB bandwidth of 116-152GHz. Excited by shorted patches on chip, the maximum efficiency of the hybrid antenna is 80% over a 16% relative bandwidth. The EIRP and transmitted RF power are the highest reported for D-band silicon-based transmitters.",
author = "Akshay Visweswaran and Alexander Haag and {de Martino}, Carmine and Karina Schneider and Tim Maiwald and Bastien Vignon and Klaus Aufinger and Marco Spirito and Thomas Zwick and Piet Wambacq",
year = "2020",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1109/RFIC49505.2020.9218353",
language = "English",
series = "Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium",
publisher = "IEEE",
pages = "219--222",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 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",
}