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ISSCC 2020 Session 10 RF & Wireless

A Fully Integrated 27dBm Dual-Band All-Digital Polar Transmitter Supporting 160MHz for WiFi 6 Applications

Assaf Ben-Bassat1, Shahar Gross2, Anna Nazimov1, Ashoke Ravi3,

Bassam Khamaisi1, Elan Banin2, Eli Borokhovich2, Nahum Kimiagarov2, Phillip Skliar2, Rotem Banin1, Sarit Zur2, Sebastian Reinhold4, Smadar Bruker2, Tzvi Maimon1, Uri Parker2, Ofir Degani1 Intel, Haifa, Israel, 2Intel, Pe

ISSCC 2020 Session 10 RF & Wireless

A 4×4 Dual-Band Dual-Concurrent WiFi 802.11ax

Transceiver with Integrated LNA, PA and T/R Switch, Achieving +20dBm 1024-QAM MCS11 Pout and -43dB

EVM Floor in 55nm CMOS Eric Lu1, Wen-Kai Li2, Zhiming Deng1, Edris Rostami1, Pi-An Wu2, Keng-Meng Chang2, Yu-Chen Chuang2, Chang-Ming Lai2, Yang-Chuan Chen1, Tzu-Hsuin Peng2, Tzung-Chuen Tsai2, Hui-Hsien Liu2, Chien-Chih

ISSCC 2020 Session 10 RF & Wireless

A 12nm CMOS RF Transceiver Supporting 4G/5G UL MIMO

Ming-Da Tsai1, Song-Yu Yang1, Chi-Yao Yu1, Ping-Yu Chen1, Tzung-Han Wu1,

Mohammed Hassan2, Chi-Tsan Chen1, Chao-Wei Wang1, Yen-Chuan Huang1, Li-Han Hung1, Wei-Hao Chiu1, Anson Lin1, Bo-Yu Lin1, Arnaud Werquin2, Chien-Cheng Lin1, Yen-Horng Chen1, Jen-Che Tsai1, Yuan-Yu Fu1, Bernard Tenbroek2,

ISSCC 2020 Session 10 RF & Wireless

A SAW-Less Direct-Digital RF Modulator with Tri-Level Time-Approximation Filter and Reconfigurable Dual-Band Delta-Sigma Modulation

Shiyu Su, Mike Shuo-Wei Chen

A key aspect of 5G systems is supporting multiband and multistandard applications. Depending on operating conditions, this requires high in-band dynamic range and/or low noise floor at specific out-of-band (OOB) frequenc

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

ISSCC 2020 Session 10 RF & Wireless

A 1.4-to-2.7GHz FDD SAW-Less Transmitter for 5G-NR

Using a BW-Extended N-Path Filter-Modulator, an, Isolated-BB Input and a Wideband TIA-Based PA Driver

Achieving <-157.5dBc/Hz OB Noise Gengzhen Qi1, Haijun Shao1, Pui-In Mak1, Jun Yin1, Rui P. Martins1,2 University of Macau, Macau, China, 2University of Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal 1 For the sub-6GHz 5G New Radio (5G-NR), mo

ISSCC 2019 Session 26 RF & Wireless

A 2.4GHz 65nm CMOS Mixer-First Receiver Using 4-Stage Cascaded Inverter-Based Envelope-Biased LNAs Achieving 66dB In-Band Interference Tolerance and -83dBm Sensitivity

Dawei Ye1, Rongjin Xu1, C.-J. Richard Shi1,2

Intensive interest in internet-of-things devices has crowded the ISM bands (e.g., 2.4GHz). A robust receiver for each wireless link in such a coexistence environment is required not only to have high rejection of out-of-

Fudan University, Shanghai, China; 2University of Washington, Seattle,

ISSCC 2019 Session 26 RF & Wireless

A 0.08mm2 25.5-to-29.9GHz Multi-Resonant-RLCM-Tank VCO Using a Single-Turn Multi-Tap Inductor and CM-Only Capacitors Achieving 191.6dBc/Hz FoM and 130kHz 1/f3 PN Corner

Hao Guo1, Yong Chen1, Pui-In Mak1, Rui P. Martins1,2

Instituto Superior Tecnico/University of Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal 1 2 VCO designs have evolved from single-resonant LC-tank VCOs to the recent multiresonant RLCM (Resistor-Inductor-Capacitor-Mutual-inductance) tank VCOs

University of Macau, Macau, China

ISSCC 2019 Session 26 RF & Wireless

A Self-Calibrated 16GHz Subsampling-PLL-Based 30µs Fast Chirp FMCW Modulator with 1.5GHz Bandwidth and 100kHz rms Error

Qixian Shi1, Keigo Bunsen2, Nereo Markulic1, Jan Craninckx1

Sony Semiconductor Solutions, Atsugi, Japan 1 2 Frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radars are critical for autonomous-driving applications. Sawtooth waveforms with short chirp time (<50μs) are desired to eliminat

imec, Heverlee, Belgium

ISSCC 2019 Session 10 RF & Wireless

A Wheatstone Bridge Temperature Sensor with a Resolution FoM of 20fJ·K2

Sining Pan, Koﬁ A. A. Makinwa

Temperature sensors intended for embedded applications should be both energyand area-efﬁcient. The combination of Wheatstone-bridge (WhB) sensors and continuous-time ADCs has proven to be highly energy efﬁcient [1,2]. Ho

Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

ISSCC 2019 Session 10 RF & Wireless

A 0.12mm2 Wien-Bridge Temperature Sensor with 0.1°C (3σ) Inaccuracy from -40°C to 180°C

˘ Gürleyük, Matheus F. Pimenta, Koﬁ A. A. Makinwa

energy efﬁciency than conventional BJT-based sensors [1], but they typically occupy more area (>0.25mm2) and have lower operating temperatures (≤125°C) [2-4]. This work describes a 0.12mm2 resistor-based sensor that uses

Sining Pan, Çagrı Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlan

ISSCC 2019 Session 10 RF & Wireless

A 22ng/√Hz 17mW MEMS Accelerometer with Digital Noise-Reduction Techniques

Yuki Furubayashi, Takashi Oshima, Taizo Yamawaki, Keiki Watanabe,

Keijiro Mori, Naoki Mori, Akira Matsumoto, Hideto Kazama, Yudai Kamada, Atsushi Isobe, Tomonori Sekiguchi Hitachi, Tokyo, Japan In emerging applications such as next-generation oil and gas exploration and infrastructure

ISSCC 2019 Session 10 RF & Wireless

An Energy Measurement Front-End with Integrated In-Situ Background Full System Accuracy Monitoring Including the Current and Voltage Sensors

Seyed Danesh1, William Holland1, Joe Spalding1, Michael Guidry2, J.E.D. Hurwitz1

to determine billable energy consumption. These devices are factory calibrated, and then perform measurement without interruption over their lifetime. Once in the ﬁeld their accuracy is unknown due to component aging and

Analog Devices, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; 2Analog Devices, Wilmington

ISSCC 2018 Session 26 RF & Wireless

A 13th-Order CMOS Reconfigurable RF BPF with Adjustable Transmission Zeros for SAW-Less SDR Receivers

Pingyue Song, Hossein Hashemi

Current cellular receivers often employ acoustic filters (SAW or BAW) for each communication band due to their high selectivity, low insertion loss, and small formfactor. The need to support multiple communication bands,

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

ISSCC 2018 Session 26 RF & Wireless

A 12mW 70-to-100GHz Mixer-First Receiver Front-End for mm-Wave Massive-MIMO Arrays in 28nm CMOS

Lorenzo Iotti, Greg LaCaille, Ali M. Niknejad

Multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems are promising enablers for high-capacity wireless access in next-generation mobile networks. Leveraging antenna arrays at the access point, narrow beams can be ste

University of California, Berkeley, CA

ISSCC 2018 Session 26 RF & Wireless

A Coupled-RTWO-Based Subharmonic Receiver FrontEnd for 5G E-Band Backhaul Links in 28nm Bulk CMOS

Marco Vigilante, Patrick Reynaert

A fully integrated receiver for high-capacity 5G E-Band Backhaul links (71 to 76GHz and 81 to 86GHz) needs a local-oscillator (LO) distribution network with >19% tuning range (TR) and accurate quadrature phases. Further,

KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

ISSCC 2018 Session 26 RF & Wireless

A Continuous-Mode Harmonically Tuned 19-to-29.5GHz Ultra-Linear PA Supporting 18Gb/s at 18.4% Modulation PAE and 43.5% Peak PAE

Tso-Wei Li, Ming-Yu Huang, Hua Wang

The 5th generation (5G) mm-wave systems are expected to support wideband spectrum-efficient modulations (e.g., 64-QAM or 256-QAM) to achieve Gb/s-linkthroughput revolution. These complex modulation schemes, however, ofte

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

ISSCC 2018 Session 26 RF & Wireless

A 69-to-79GHz CMOS Multiport PA/Radiator with +35.7dBm CW EIRP and Integrated PLL

Behrooz Abiri, Ali Hajimiri

Low-cost mm-wave silicon integrated signal generation and processing enable many applications, such as silicon-based automotive radars for self-driving cars and wireless communications. Some challenges encountered in com

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

ISSCC 2018 Session 26 RF & Wireless

A 62-to-68GHz Linear 6Gb/s 64QAM CMOS Doherty Radiator with 27.5%/20.1% PAE at Peak/6dB-Back-off Output Power Leveraging High-Efficiency Multi-Feed Antenna-Based Active Load Modulation

Huy Thong Nguyen, Taiyun Chi, Sensen Li, Hua Wang

Extreme throughput requirements on future mm-wave systems, e.g., 5G links, necessitates the use of spectrum-efficient modulations that often come with high peak-to-average power ratios (PAPRs). Therefore, there is an inc

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

ISSCC 2018 Session 26 RF & Wireless

A 128-Pixel 0.56THz Sensing Array for Real-Time Near-Field Imaging in 0.13µm SiGe BiCMOS

Philipp Hillger1, Ritesh Jain1, Janusz Grzyb1, Laven Mavarani1,

Bergonié, Bordeaux, France 4 CNRS, Talence, France 5 University of Bordeaux, Talence, France 1 2 Real-time terahertz video cameras are regarded as key enabler systems for numerous applications. Unfortunately, their spati

Bernd Heinemann2, Gaetan Mac Grogan3, Patrick Mounaix4, Thomas Zimmer5

ISSCC 2018 Session 26 RF & Wireless

A 0.55-to-0.9GHz 2.7dB NF Full-Duplex HybridCoupler Circulator with 56MHz 40dB TX SI Suppression

Sanket Jain, Abhishek Agrawal, Manoj Johnson, Arun Natarajan

Simultaneous transmit-and-receive (STAR) radios enable higher spectrum efficiency and dynamic spectrum access. The integration of a shared antenna interface is attractive for small system formfactor and MIMO channel esti

Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

ISSCC 2018 Session 19 RF & Wireless

A Phase-Domain Readout Circuit for a CMOSCompatible Thermal-Conductivity-Based Carbon Dioxide Sensor

Zeyu Cai1,2, Robert van Veldhoven2, Hilco Suy3, Ger de Graaf1,

Kofi A. A. Makinwa1, Michiel Pertijs1 Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands NXP Semiconductors, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 3 ams AG, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 1 2 The measurement of carbon-dioxide (CO2)

ISSCC 2018 Session 19 RF & Wireless

A 21.8b Sub-100μHz 1/f Corner 2.4μV-Offset Programmable-Gain Read-Out IC for Bridge Measurement Systems

Jaehoon Jun, Cyuyeol Rhee, Minsung Kim, Junho Kang, Suhwan Kim

High-resolution read-out integrated circuits (ROICs) are often used in DC measurement systems such as bridge transducers. Since these typically output small-amplitude signals with a bandwidth of a few hertz, a highly lin

Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

ISSCC 2018 Session 19 RF & Wireless

A 2.5nJ Duty-Cycled Bridge-to-Digital Converter Integrated in a 13mm3 Pressure-Sensing System

Sechang Oh1, Yao Shi1, Gyouho Kim1,2, Yejoong Kim1,2, Taewook Kang1,

piezoresistive MEMS sensors, often configured in a Wheatstone bridge, are widely used to measure physical signals such as pressure [1-3], temperature [4], force [1], and gas concentration. A common method to realize a di

Seokhyeon Jeong1,2, Dennis Sylvester1, David Blaauw1 University of Mic

ISSCC 2018 Session 19 RF & Wireless

A Current-Measurement Front-End with 160dB Dynamic Range and 7ppm INL

Chung-Lun Hsu, Drew A. Hall

Accurate current measurement is crucial in many biosensing applications, such as the detection of neurotransmitters [1] and the monitoring of intercellular molecular dynamics. This need has become even more critical rece

University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

ISSCC 2018 Session 19 RF & Wireless

A ±4A High-Side Current Sensor with 25V Input CM Range and 0.9% Gain Error from -40°C to 85°C Using an Analog Temperature Compensation Technique

Long Xu, Johan H. Huijsing, Kofi A. A. Makinwa

This paper presents a fully integrated ±4A current sensor that supports a 25V input common-mode voltage range (CMVR) while operating from a single 1.5V supply. It consists of an on-chip metal shunt, a beyond-the-rails AD

Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

ISSCC 2018 Session 19 RF & Wireless

A 0.53pJ∙K2 7000μm2 Resistor-Based Temperature Sensor with an Inaccuracy of ±0.35°C (3σ) in 65nm CMOS

Woojun Choi1, Yong-Tae Lee1, Seonhong Kim2, Sanghoon Lee2,

Jieun Jang2, Junhyun Chun2, Kofi A. A. Makinwa3, Youngcheol Chae1 Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; 2SK hynix, Icheon, Korea Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands 1 3 In microprocessors and DRAMs, on-chip

ISSCC 2018 Session 19 RF & Wireless

A 0.25mm2 Resistor-Based Temperature Sensor with an Inaccuracy of 0.12°C (3σ) from -55°C to 125°C and a Resolution FOM of 32fJ∙K2

Sining Pan, Kofi A. A. Makinwa

Temperature sensors based on Wheatstone bridges, e.g. [1,2], have recently achieved higher resolution and greater energy efficiency than conventional BJTbased sensors [3]. However, this comes at the expense of area, maki

Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

ISSCC 2018 Session 19 RF & Wireless

An 8b Subthreshold Hybrid Thermal Sensor with ±1.07°C Inaccuracy and Single-Element Remote-Sensing Technique in 22nm FinFET

Cho-Ying Lu1, Surej Ravikumar1, Amruta D. Sali1, Matthias Eberlein2, Hyung-Jin Lee1

(SoC) to provide information about die temperature for thermal protection or performance optimization. To enable the deployment of multiple sensors in an SoC, the power and size of such sensors has been steadily reduced.

Intel, Hillsboro, OR, 2Intel, Neubiberg, Germany 1 Thermal sensors are

ISSCC 2018 Session 15 RF & Wireless

A Dividerless Reference-Sampling RF PLL with -253.5dB Jitter FOM and <-67dBc Reference Spurs

Jahnavi Sharma, Harish Krishnaswamy

In the recent past, there have been exciting advances in dividerless PLLs, such as sub-sampling PLLs (SSPLLs) [1,2] and injection-locked clock multipliers (ILCMs) [3] that substantially reduce loop noise to cross the -25

Columbia University, New York, NY

ISSCC 2018 Session 15 RF & Wireless

A 0.01mm2 4.6-to-5.6GHz Sub-Sampling Type-I Frequency Synthesizer with –254dB FOM

Ahmad Sharkia, Shahriar Mirabbasi, Sudip Shekhar

Power consumption, Performance in terms of phase noise and integrated jitter, and Area (PPA) are three design metrics that have driven countless research efforts in CMOS frequency-synthesizer design. Design limitations a

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

ISSCC 2018 Session 15 RF & Wireless

A Digital Frequency Synthesizer with Dither-Assisted Pulling Mitigation for Simultaneous DCO and Reference Path Coupling

Cheng-Ru Ho, Mike Shuo-Wei Chen

Injection pulling on frequency synthesizers has become a critical design challenge for high-performance wireless transceivers, especially in highly integrated multiradio platforms, imposing stringent constraints on syste

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

ISSCC 2018 Session 15 RF & Wireless

A Low-Phase-Noise Digital Bang-Bang PLL with Fast Lock Over a Wide Lock Range

Luca Bertulessi, Luigi Grimaldi, Dmytro Cherniak, Carlo Samori, Salvatore Levantino

power-hungry high-resolution time/digital converters (TDCs) while demonstrating advantages in area, power consumption, and design complexity. The introduction of digital/time converters (DTCs) enables fractional-N resolu

Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy Digital phase-locked loops (DPLLs)

ISSCC 2018 Session 15 RF & Wireless

A 36.3-to-38.2GHz -216dBc/Hz2 40nm CMOS Fractional-N FMCW Chirp Synthesizer PLL with a Continuous-Time Bandpass Delta-Sigma Time-to-Digital Converter rotation allows us to emulate the divider-ratio step size of 8/32 = 1/4. Since the phase rotation occurs ahead of the final divider stage, we perform only one phase shift per divider output cycle to retain the step size of 1/4 for the entire divider chain. A 2nd-order ΔΣ modulator controls the phase rotation for fractional-N division. Finally, on-chip chirp control logic modulates the PLL division ratio to generate the desired FMCW waveform profile.

Daniel Weyer1, M. Batuhan Dayanik2, Sunmin Jang1, Michael P. Flynn1

Broadcom, Irvine, CA 1 Automotive radar and other mm-wave applications require high-quality frequency synthesizers that offer fast settling and low phase noise. Analog PLLs still dominate in the mm-wave range, but all-di

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

ISSCC 2018 Session 15 RF & Wireless

A 23GHz Low-Phase-Noise Digital Bang-Bang PLL for Fast Triangular and Saw-Tooth Chirp Modulation

Dmytro Cherniak1,2, Luigi Grimaldi2, Luca Bertulessi2, Carlo Samori2,

with high resolution require the generation of low-phase-noise, low-spurs, and highly linear chirp signals with large peak-to-peak value (chirp bandwidth) and a short period of the modulation signal [1]. In radar systems

Roberto Nonis1, Salvatore Levantino2 Infineon Technologies, Villach, A

ISSCC 2018 Session 15 RF & Wireless

A 0.98mW Fractional-N ADPLL Using 10b Isolated Constant-Slope DTC with FOM of -246dB for IoT Applications in 65nm CMOS

Hanli Liu, Dexian Tang, Zheng Sun, Wei Deng, Huy Cu Ngo,

ultra-lowpower (ULP) transceivers (TRX) will be key elements in a variety of short-range network applications. The RF PLL in a TRX needs a significant amount of power due to the phase noise and spurious requirement. Comp

Kenichi Okada, Akira Matsuzawa Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, J