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been demonstrated to satisfy the market demand for high data rates and frequency bandwidths [1-6]. However, 60GHz products need an improvement in power performance as well as transistor reliability for large signal opera

input matching network of the second stage is matched with 50Ω to minimize loss while the output matching network is designed to deliver maximum output power using power contours which were determined by load-pull simula

J. Watson, Yorktown Heights, NY 2 For point-to-point multi-Gb/s applications in mobile devices with single antennas, low-cost, highly integrated solutions are preferred, and CMOS technology is a candidate for mm-Wave SoC

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori, Pavia, Italy 3 STMicroelectronics, Pavia, Italy 4 University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy 2 Ultra-scaled CMOS devices offer the p

STMicroelectronics, Crolles, France 2 There is considerable interest in wideband pulse modulation at mm-Wave frequencies for application in radar and medical imaging systems [1,2]. Accuracy and resolution in these respec

The nanoscale era of CMOS technology has enabled the integration of mm-Wave circuits and front-ends at W-band [1,2]. The possible applications range from telecommunications (71 to 76 & 81 to 86GHz) and collision avoidanc

A chipset for emerging high-frequency applications at 158 to 165GHz is presented. The two chips (RX and TX) are implemented in a European (DotFive) SiGe BiCMOS technology with fT=260GHz and fMAX=380GHz [1]. Envisioned ap

Hidenori Takeuchi1, Tomoari Itagaki1, Yasufumi Hino1, Yoshinobu Kawasaki1, Katsuhisa Ito1, Ali Hajimiri2 Sony, Tokyo, Japan, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Figure 23.1.4 shows the measured injection loc

X. Liu1, Y-S. Wang1, X-J. Yuan1, C. H. Heng2 1 Institute of Microelectronics, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore 2 National University of Singapore, Singapore UWB has shown great potential fo

15.4a low-rate WPAN standard adopts Impulse-Radio UWB (IR-UWB) to provide a low-power communication system with improved communication range, robustness, and mobility. Furthermore its standardized low-cost and high-accur

Columbia University, New York, NY Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy 3 Peking University, Beijing, China 4 Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal 2 Impulse Radio-UWB (IR-UWB) is actively being researched as a low

Lucien J. Breems1, Kofi A. A. Makinwa3, Bram Nauta2 1 NXP Semiconductors, Eindhoven, Netherlands University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands 3 Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands 2 This paper describes a 2

sensor networks (WSN), an always-on wake-up receiver (WuRx) can be used to monitor the radio link continuously. For truly autonomous sensor nodes employing energy scavenging, only 50µW power is available for the WuRx [1]

Superiori di Pavia, Pavia, Italy 3 STMicroelectronics, Pavia, Italy 4 STMicroelectronics, now with Broadcom, Bunnik, Netherlands 5 University of Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy 2 Multi-Gb/s wireless communications,

Ping-Yu Chen3, Scott Reynolds1, Jing-Hong Conan Zhan3, Brian Floyd1 The Tx has been fully characterized on-wafer. The output power from an individual element is measured, for CW input, for different phase (and correspond

Millimeter-wave anti-collision radars have been widely investigated in advanced CMOS technologies recently. This paper presents a fully integrated 77GHz FMCW radar system in 65nm CMOS. The FMCW radar transmits a continuo

is a future environment that is adaptive and responsive to the objects and human beings that occupy it. Wideband RF and mm-Wave radar and imaging sensors will play a key role for indoor and outdoor surveillance, search a

60GHz wireless communication systems, using the unlicensed frequency band from 57 to 66GHz, are expected to make high-data-rate transfer possible. IEEE 802.15.3c is finalizing a radio-frequency (RF) allocation composed o

for high-data-rate communication. Despite the large amount of research on CMOS mm-wave frequency generation, current state-of-the-art mm-wave PLLs [1-5] do not achieve a tuning range that is wide enough to cover the worl

high-datarate communication [1-4]. From a cost perspective, a highly integrated solution is favorable. Speed and power consumption considerations for the highdata-rate digital part of the chip make 45nm CMOS a very reali

Phased arrays have long been used by the military for radar applications, but have only been recently applied to consumer applications. In a phased array system, one or more narrow beams are generated by transmitting (or

The availability of W-band (75 to 111GHz) silicon integrated circuits will potentially revolutionize medical and security imaging, as well as high-capacity wireless communications. Traditional W-band circuits rely on GaA

The scaling of CMOS technology has led to development of amplifiers up to 100GHz and even beyond. As the technology enables the integration of many functions on silicon and is suitable for mass production, the cost-effec

Luis Chen1, C. Patrick Yue1, Mark Rodwell1 University of California, Santa Barbara, CA IBM, Burlington, VT 3 IBM, Crolles, France 1 2 Radio applications beyond 100GHz that will benefit from silicon technologies [1-5] inc

Owing to the nanoscale CMOS technology, mm-wave circuits have been recently attracting a lot of attention for communication, sensing and imaging systems. Several mm-wave components with operation frequencies around or mo

unlicensed mm-wave bands has fueled the research and development of mm-wave wireless systems. If different frequency bands can be operated from one signal source, it will reduce the circuit size and power consumption, le

Daeik D. Kim1, Jonghae Kim2, Choongyeun Cho1, Jean-Olivier Plouchart3, Mahender Kumar1, Woo-Hyeong Lee1, Ken Rim1 The implemented VCOs tune from 83.20 to 96.98GHz (VCO1, 2, and 3) and 100.07 to 104.28GHz (VCO4), and thei

Advances in nanoscale CMOS technology have made it feasible to implement W-Band circuits in CMOS. Recently, CMOS implementation of high-frequency circuits for applications such as 77GHz anti-collision systems, 94GHz imag

As shown in Fig. 16.1.3, when the transmitter output patterns are especially toggle patterns (1010…), the received input data have intermediate voltages between VH and VL (or the slicer outputs (DH(T), DL(T)) consequentl

Wideband circuits find applications in various fields such as highspeed links, broadband radio transceivers, high-resolution radar and imaging systems. Recently, distributed amplifiers (DAs) with large bandwidths have be

10GHz is becoming extremely crowded alternative higher frequency bands are getting a large attention despite their associated high dispersion losses and need for a direct line-of-sight. Recently, numerous published work

broadband high-data-rate wireless communication systems. Increasing digital signal processing in Gb/s communication systems using OFDM demands modern CMOS technologies with feature size of 65nm or less. It is desirable t

Recent work on receivers for the 60GHz band has considered various frequency plans to ease the design of the building blocks, particularly the local oscillator (LO) and the frequency dividers [1-3]. A natural choice of t

In typical radio transmitters, the signal is modulated at lower frequencies and then up-converted, amplified, and radiated by an antenna. In the absence of multi-path, receivers at different angles observe the same modul

tremendous array gain, noise improvement, and beamforming capabilities for a variety of applications such as radar and communications. Such phased-array systems have traditionally been implemented using compound semicond

components at high frequencies impose the application of beamforming to enable wireless communication in the mm-wave band. At the receiver side, beamforming improves the SNR and increases immunity against interfering sig

Emerging applications for the 60GHz spectrum include extremely high-data-rate short-range communication systems. Many of these applications are expected to enter the realm of consumer electronics where low cost and mass

Patrice Garcia2, Sorin P. Voinigescu1 1 University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 2STMicroelectronics, Crolles, France Recently, several integrated radio receivers and transmitters operating at 60GHz have been developed in