FinFET RF receiver building blocks operating above 10 GHz
 
FinFET RF receiver building blocks operating above 10 GHz ■
 
Domagoj Šiprak, Piet Wambacq, Bertrand Parvais, Abdelkarim Mercha, Michael Fulde, Jesenka Veledar Krüger, Morin Dehan, Stefaan Decoutere
 
Abstract ■

A FinFET VCO and a differential LNA operating at 17 GHz are presented. The LNA contains on-chip input and output baluns, the input balun for the conversion of the single-ended antenna signal, and it achieves a gain of 9.4 dB and a noise figure of 6.6 dB when the output balun is deembedded; the power consumption is 26 mW from a IV supply. The VCO oscillates between 15.3 - 17.1 GHz and reaches a phase noise of -94 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz frequency offset with a power consumption of 7.5 mW. Device characterization data for circuit assessment and performance extrapolation is additionally presented.