A fully-integrated 94-GHz 32-element phased-array receiver in SiGe BiCMOS

Jean Olivier Plouchart, Wooram Lee, Caglar Ozdag, Yigit Aydogan, Mark Yeck, Alper Cabuk, Asim Kepkep, Emre Apaydin, Alberto Valdes-Garcia

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Abstract

A 94GHz phased array receiver IC in 130nm BiCMOS technology is reported. The design integrates 32 front ends with gain and phase control configurable using look-up table memory, two separate 16:1 power combiner trees, two 94GHz to ∼10GHz (IF) down conversion mixers, an IF to baseband (BB) quadrature down conversion mixer, and a 42GHz PLL followed by a frequency doubler implementing the LO source. The IC occupies an area of 6.7mm×5.6mm and can either support a 32-element phased array or a 16-element polarimetric phased array if connected to 16 dual-polarized antennas. In on-wafer measurements at 94GHz and 25C, the design achieves maximum RF to IF array conversion gain of 39dB, maximum RF to BB array conversion gain of 69dB, 20dB of RF front-end gain programmability, NF of 6 dB, and RMS phase error <1.5° for a 5° phase step. Total power consumption varies from 3W to 4.6W from minimum to maximum RF front-end gain settings.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationRFIC 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium
EditorsAndre Hanke, Srenik Mehta
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages380-383
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781509046263
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 5 2017
Event2017 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2017 - Honolulu, United States
Duration: Jun 4 2017Jun 6 2017

Publication series

NameDigest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium
ISSN (Print)1529-2517

Conference

Conference2017 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHonolulu
Period6/4/176/6/17

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Engineering

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