An Integrated 200-GHz Graphene FET Based Receiver
Paper in proceeding, 2018

A receiver composed by a graphene FET 200-GHz mixer and a 1-GHz intermediate frequency amplifier integrated on a silicon substrate was modelled, fabricated and characterized. This is the first demonstration of a millimeter wave integrated receiver based on graphene FETs. The receiver conversion loss is measured to be 25 dB across the 185-205-GHz band with 16 dBm of local oscillator pump power, which is in good agreement with the circuit simulations. The simulations show that the receiver conversion loss can be significantly reduced to 16 dB by reducing the contact resistance and by realizing a higher charge carrier mobility in the mixer transistor.

Integrated circuit modeling

Radio frequency

Loss measurement

Inductors

Graphene

Receivers

Mixers

Author

Marlene Bonmann

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory

MICHAEL ANDERSSON

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory

Yaxin Zhang

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory

Xinxin Yang

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory

Andrei Vorobiev

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory

Jan Stake

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory

International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz

21622027 (ISSN) 21622035 (eISSN)

Vol. 2018-September 8510069
9781538638095 (ISBN)

2018 43rd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)
Nagoya, Japan,

Carbon Based High Speed 3D GaN Electronics System

Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) (SE13-0061), 2014-03-01 -- 2019-06-30.

Graphene Core Project 1. Graphene-based disruptive technologies (Graphene Flagship)

European Commission (EC) (EC/H2020/696656), 2016-04-01 -- 2018-03-31.

Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Infrastructure

Kollberg Laboratory

Nanofabrication Laboratory

Subject Categories

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2018.8510069

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