An eight-way phased-array TRX front-end with RF phase shifting and on-chip transmit/receive switching is implemented in 28-nm CMOS. The TX P 1dBout and RX noise figure (NF) are 10 dBm and 6.8 dB, respectively. The active phase shifter shows less than 5° phase resolution and amplitude errors within ± 0.35 dB. The 9.6-mm 2 chip consumes 231 mW in RX and 508 mW in the TX mode from a 0.9-V supply. When combined with PCB antennas, a ±46° scan angle is obtained with <;0.4 dB peak-to-peak gain ripples without calibration. We also present an approach to express the noise performance of a phased-array receiver in terms of the effective isotropic NF, as an extension to the NF, which is only defined for a two-port system.
Khalaf, K, Vaesen, K, Brebels, S, Mangraviti, G, Libois, M, Soens, C, Van Thillo, W & Wambacq, P 2018, 'A 60-GHz 8-Way Phased-Array Front-End With T/R Switching and Calibration-Free Beamsteering in 28-nm CMOS', IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 53, no. 7, pp. 2001-2011. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSSC.2018.2822676
Khalaf, K., Vaesen, K., Brebels, S., Mangraviti, G., Libois, M., Soens, C., Van Thillo, W., & Wambacq, P. (2018). A 60-GHz 8-Way Phased-Array Front-End With T/R Switching and Calibration-Free Beamsteering in 28-nm CMOS. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 53(7), 2001-2011. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSSC.2018.2822676
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title = "A 60-GHz 8-Way Phased-Array Front-End With T/R Switching and Calibration-Free Beamsteering in 28-nm CMOS",
abstract = "An eight-way phased-array TRX front-end with RF phase shifting and on-chip transmit/receive switching is implemented in 28-nm CMOS. The TX P 1dBout and RX noise figure (NF) are 10 dBm and 6.8 dB, respectively. The active phase shifter shows less than 5° phase resolution and amplitude errors within ± 0.35 dB. The 9.6-mm 2 chip consumes 231 mW in RX and 508 mW in the TX mode from a 0.9-V supply. When combined with PCB antennas, a ±46° scan angle is obtained with <;0.4 dB peak-to-peak gain ripples without calibration. We also present an approach to express the noise performance of a phased-array receiver in terms of the effective isotropic NF, as an extension to the NF, which is only defined for a two-port system.",
keywords = "Low-noise amplifiers (LNAs), millimeter-wave communication, millimeter-wave integrated circuits, noise figure (NF), phase shifter (PS), phased arrays, power amplifiers, transmit/receive (T/R) switch, wireless",
author = "Khaled Khalaf and Kristof Vaesen and Steven Brebels and Giovanni Mangraviti and Michael Libois and Charlotte Soens and \{Van Thillo\}, Wim and Piet Wambacq",
year = "2018",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1109/JSSC.2018.2822676",
language = "English",
volume = "53",
pages = "2001--2011",
journal = "IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits",
issn = "0018-9200",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
number = "7",
}