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

📋 论文概要

提出了一种69-79GHz CMOS多端口功率放大器/辐射器，集成了锁相环，实现了+35.7dBm连续波等效全向辐射功率，旨在降低毫米波系统的封装和测试成本。

💡 主要创新点

• 采用多端口功率放大器/辐射器架构，实现片上功率合成与辐射一体化。
• 集成锁相环，提供稳定的本振信号，简化系统设计。
• 通过片上天线设计，减少对外部天线和封装的依赖，降低成本。

🏷 关键词

📄 原文摘要

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 commercialization of such systems are the high packaging and testing costs and high sensitivity to antenna parameters, which can diminish the advantage of integrated silicon solutions. On-chip antennas have been proposed as a solution to reduce the packaging costs [1,2]. Link budget analysis of systems (e.g., radar) necessitates high-power (high EIRP) transmitters while system resolution analysis suggests higher frequency of operation for better spatial resolution. The scaling of CMOS transistors facilitates the latter requirement, but, unfortunately, the lower breakdown voltage of the transistors reduces their maximum power handling capabilities at a given radiator impedance. Several approaches have already been

👥 作者与机构

Behrooz Abiri, Ali Hajimiri

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA