A 10.56 Gbit/s,-27.8 dB EVM Polar Transmitter at 60 GHz in 28nm CMOS
 
A 10.56 Gbit/s,-27.8 dB EVM Polar Transmitter at 60 GHz in 28nm CMOS ■
 
Johan Nguyen, Johan Nguyen, Johan Nguyen, Khaled Khalaf, Khaled Khalaf, Khaled Khalaf, Steven Brebels, Steven Brebels, Steven Brebels, Mithlesh Shrivas, Mithlesh Shrivas, Mithlesh Shrivas, Kristof Vaesen, Kristof Vaesen, Kristof Vaesen, Piet Wambacq, Piet Wambacq, Piet Wambacq
 
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.