A Compact Cascode Power Amplifier in 45-nm CMOS for 60-GHz Wireless Systems

Torgil Kjellberg; Morteza Abbasi; Mattias Ferndahl; A. de Graauw; E. van der Heijden; Herbert Zirath

A Compact Cascode Power Amplifier in 45-nm CMOS for 60-GHz Wireless Systems
Paper i proceeding, 2009

This paper presents a power amplifier in 45nm CMOS technology operating in the 50 to 60-GHz frequency range. It uses a single-ended topology with two cascode stages. A gain of 19.6 dB is obtained at 54 GHz where the gain peaks, and 17 dB at 60 GHz. The measured output-referred 1-dB compression point is 8.7 dBm at 60 GHz and a supply voltage of 2.1 V, and the saturated output power is 13.5 dBm. The bias conditions are shown to be reliable through lifetime measurements. The active chip-area measures 160 mu m x 110 mu m.

45-nm CMOS technology

Power amplifiers

reliability

CMOSFET amplifiers

60 GHz

Författare

Torgil Kjellberg

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Mikrovågselektronik

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Morteza Abbasi

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Mikrovågselektronik

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Mattias Ferndahl

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Mikrovågselektronik

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A. de Graauw

E. van der Heijden

Herbert Zirath

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Mikrovågselektronik

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2009 ANNUAL IEEE COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYMPOSIUM - 2009 IEEE CSIC SYMPOSIUM, TECHNICAL DIGEST 2009

1550-8781 (ISSN)

95-98
978-1-4244-5260-6 (ISBN)

Ämneskategorier

Elektroteknik och elektronik

ISBN

978-1-4244-5260-6

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2017-10-07

A Compact Cascode Power Amplifier in 45-nm CMOS for 60-GHz Wireless Systems Paper i proceeding, 2009

Författare

Torgil Kjellberg

Morteza Abbasi

Mattias Ferndahl

A. de Graauw

E. van der Heijden

Herbert Zirath

2009 ANNUAL IEEE COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYMPOSIUM - 2009 IEEE CSIC SYMPOSIUM, TECHNICAL DIGEST 2009

Ämneskategorier

ISBN

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A Compact Cascode Power Amplifier in 45-nm CMOS for 60-GHz Wireless Systems
Paper i proceeding, 2009