A 110-to-147 GHz Frequency Sixtupler in a 130 nm Sige Bicmos Technology
Paper in proceeding, 2018
The presented D-band sixtupler consists of a frequency tripler, a frequency doubler, as well as amplifiers. The optimum arrangement for those blocks is investigated. The analysis shows that the tripler should precede the doubler. Furthermore, to extend the bandwidth, an amplifier with an increasing gain versus frequency is applied, to compensate the gain decrease of the tripler. This wideband frequency sixtupler is designed and characterized in a 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS technology. This sixtupler has a bandwidth of 37 GHz (from 110 to 147 GHz), the maximum output power is 4.5 dBm, with a DC power consumption of 310 mW. The maximum power efficiency is 0.9%.
frequency multiplier
D-band
SiGe BiCMOS
Author
M. Q. Bao
Ericsson
Zhongxia Simon He
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics
Thi Ngoc Do Thanh
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics
Herbert Zirath
Ericsson
EuMIC 2018 - 2018 13th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference
105-108 8539939
13th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, EuMIC 2018
Madrid, Spain,
Madrid, Spain,
Subject Categories
Telecommunications
Signal Processing
Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
DOI
10.23919/EuMIC.2018.8539939