A 37–43.5-GHz Phase and Amplitude Detection Circuit With 0.049° and 0.036-dB Accuracy for 5G Phased-Array Calibration Using Transformer-Based Injection-Enhanced ILFD

Autor: Yamazaki, Yudai, Sakamaki, Jun, Pang, Jian, Alvin, Joshua, Li, Zheng, You, Dongwon, Mayeda, Jill, Shirane, Atsushi, Okada, Kenichi
Zdroj: IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits; October 2023, Vol. 58 Issue: 10 p2851-2860, 10p
Abstrakt: This article introduces a high-accuracy phase and amplitude detection circuit for 5G phased-array calibration. By utilizing a 39 GHz–150 kHz down-conversion scheme, the phase and amplitude information are detected separately with a phase-to-digital converter (PDC) and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). In addition, to reduce the number of reference signals, a divide-by-4 injection-locked frequency divider (ILFD) using a transformer-based injection-enhancing technique is implemented for wideband reference signal generation. This ILFD realizes a wide locking range of 16.3–23.4 GHz (35.8%) with 5.05-mW power consumption. The detection circuit achieves less than 0.049° and 0.036-dB detection rms errors at 39 GHz. The wideband high-accuracy detection is also achieved from 37 to 43.5 GHz. The total power consumption is 50 mW with a 1-V VDD. The total core area is 1.43 $\text {mm}^{2}$ in a 65-nm CMOS process.
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