Abstract
This paper presents a first reported 60-GHz CMOS sub-harmonic RF receiver with an integrated on-chip artificial-magnetic-conductor (AMC) Yagi antenna and a balun bandpass filter (BPF) fabricated in 90-nm technology. The on-chip antenna with an AMC structure can reduce the substrate loss and increase the antenna radiation efficiency and power gain. The on-chip balun BPF combines the integrated design of the balun and RF BPF to reduce the circuit size and the insertion loss. The sub-harmonic receiver is adopted to mitigate the dc offset problem. The probe-station based on-wafer continuous wave wireless transmission test is conducted (R=1 m) and the measured total receiving conversion gain CGant+Rx and output third-order intercept point of the integrated RF receiver (with the on-chip AMC antenna and the balun BPF) are 16.2 dB and 3 dBm at 60 GHz, respectively. In error vector magnitude/bit error rate (BER) tests, the measured maximum data rate is 1.152 Gb/s in the 16QAM mode at a 25-cm wireless link (transmitting EIRP}=23 dBm) approximately with a BER of 10 -3. The presented integrated RF receiver will be very useful for the design of a 60-GHz fully integrated CMOS single-chip radio for very-short-range communication applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 6476761 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1681-1691 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 Mar 13 |
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- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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A 60-GHz CMOS sub-harmonic RF receiver with integrated on-chip artificial-magnetic-conductor Yagi antenna and balun bandpass filter for very-short-range gigabit communications. / Kuo, Hsin Chih; Yue, Han Lin; Ou, Ya Wen; Lin, Chien Chih; Chuang, Huey Ru.
In: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 61, No. 4, 6476761, 13.03.2013, p. 1681-1691.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - A 60-GHz CMOS sub-harmonic RF receiver with integrated on-chip artificial-magnetic-conductor Yagi antenna and balun bandpass filter for very-short-range gigabit communications
AU - Kuo, Hsin Chih
AU - Yue, Han Lin
AU - Ou, Ya Wen
AU - Lin, Chien Chih
AU - Chuang, Huey Ru
PY - 2013/3/13
Y1 - 2013/3/13
N2 - This paper presents a first reported 60-GHz CMOS sub-harmonic RF receiver with an integrated on-chip artificial-magnetic-conductor (AMC) Yagi antenna and a balun bandpass filter (BPF) fabricated in 90-nm technology. The on-chip antenna with an AMC structure can reduce the substrate loss and increase the antenna radiation efficiency and power gain. The on-chip balun BPF combines the integrated design of the balun and RF BPF to reduce the circuit size and the insertion loss. The sub-harmonic receiver is adopted to mitigate the dc offset problem. The probe-station based on-wafer continuous wave wireless transmission test is conducted (R=1 m) and the measured total receiving conversion gain CGant+Rx and output third-order intercept point of the integrated RF receiver (with the on-chip AMC antenna and the balun BPF) are 16.2 dB and 3 dBm at 60 GHz, respectively. In error vector magnitude/bit error rate (BER) tests, the measured maximum data rate is 1.152 Gb/s in the 16QAM mode at a 25-cm wireless link (transmitting EIRP}=23 dBm) approximately with a BER of 10 -3. The presented integrated RF receiver will be very useful for the design of a 60-GHz fully integrated CMOS single-chip radio for very-short-range communication applications.
AB - This paper presents a first reported 60-GHz CMOS sub-harmonic RF receiver with an integrated on-chip artificial-magnetic-conductor (AMC) Yagi antenna and a balun bandpass filter (BPF) fabricated in 90-nm technology. The on-chip antenna with an AMC structure can reduce the substrate loss and increase the antenna radiation efficiency and power gain. The on-chip balun BPF combines the integrated design of the balun and RF BPF to reduce the circuit size and the insertion loss. The sub-harmonic receiver is adopted to mitigate the dc offset problem. The probe-station based on-wafer continuous wave wireless transmission test is conducted (R=1 m) and the measured total receiving conversion gain CGant+Rx and output third-order intercept point of the integrated RF receiver (with the on-chip AMC antenna and the balun BPF) are 16.2 dB and 3 dBm at 60 GHz, respectively. In error vector magnitude/bit error rate (BER) tests, the measured maximum data rate is 1.152 Gb/s in the 16QAM mode at a 25-cm wireless link (transmitting EIRP}=23 dBm) approximately with a BER of 10 -3. The presented integrated RF receiver will be very useful for the design of a 60-GHz fully integrated CMOS single-chip radio for very-short-range communication applications.
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JO - IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
JF - IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
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