An Ultra-Compact D-Band Transceiver Front-End Based on a Common-Gate Bidirectional Amplifier Achieving 11.2dBm TX Psat and 8.2dB RX Average NF for an Area-Constrained 2D Beamformer AiP

Syed Mohammad Ashab Uddin; Wooram Lee

doi:10.1109/ISSCC49663.2026.11409314

An Ultra-Compact D-Band Transceiver Front-End Based on a Common-Gate Bidirectional Amplifier Achieving 11.2dBm TX P_sat and 8.2dB RX Average NF for an Area-Constrained 2D Beamformer AiP

Syed Mohammad Ashab Uddin
, Wooram Lee

Electrical Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

An ultra-compact D-band transceiver based on a common-gate bi-directional amplifier is presented in a 45nm RFSOI process for an area-constrained 2D beamformer antenna-in-package. By employing a switchless symmetric inter-stage matching network and compact, low-loss reconfigurable input/output networks, the transceiver front-end achieves a TX peak P_sat of 11.2dBm at 135GHz and an average RX NF of 8.2dB over 129 to 145GHz. The active chip area, excluding pads, is only 0.08mm²

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2026 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2026
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	352-354
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9798331589363
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSCC49663.2026.11409314
State	Published - 2026
Event	2026 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2026 - San Francisco, United States Duration: Feb 15 2026 → Feb 19 2026

Publication series

Name	Digest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference
Volume	69
ISSN (Print)	0193-6530

Conference

Conference	2026 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2026
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	2/15/26 → 2/19/26

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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10.1109/ISSCC49663.2026.11409314

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Uddin, S. M. A., & Lee, W. (2026). An Ultra-Compact D-Band Transceiver Front-End Based on a Common-Gate Bidirectional Amplifier Achieving 11.2dBm TX P_sat and 8.2dB RX Average NF for an Area-Constrained 2D Beamformer AiP. In 2026 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2026 (pp. 352-354). (Digest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference; Vol. 69). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSCC49663.2026.11409314

Uddin, Syed Mohammad Ashab ; Lee, Wooram. / An Ultra-Compact D-Band Transceiver Front-End Based on a Common-Gate Bidirectional Amplifier Achieving 11.2dBm TX P_sat and 8.2dB RX Average NF for an Area-Constrained 2D Beamformer AiP. 2026 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2026. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2026. pp. 352-354 (Digest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference).

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Uddin, SMA & Lee, W 2026, An Ultra-Compact D-Band Transceiver Front-End Based on a Common-Gate Bidirectional Amplifier Achieving 11.2dBm TX P_sat and 8.2dB RX Average NF for an Area-Constrained 2D Beamformer AiP. in 2026 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2026. Digest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, vol. 69, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 352-354, 2026 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2026, San Francisco, United States, 2/15/26. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSCC49663.2026.11409314

An Ultra-Compact D-Band Transceiver Front-End Based on a Common-Gate Bidirectional Amplifier Achieving 11.2dBm TX P_sat and 8.2dB RX Average NF for an Area-Constrained 2D Beamformer AiP. / Uddin, Syed Mohammad Ashab; Lee, Wooram.
2026 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2026. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2026. p. 352-354 (Digest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference; Vol. 69).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Uddin SMA, Lee W. An Ultra-Compact D-Band Transceiver Front-End Based on a Common-Gate Bidirectional Amplifier Achieving 11.2dBm TX P_sat and 8.2dB RX Average NF for an Area-Constrained 2D Beamformer AiP. In 2026 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2026. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2026. p. 352-354. (Digest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference). doi: 10.1109/ISSCC49663.2026.11409314