A Blocker-Tolerant Current Mode 60-GHz Receiver With 7.5-GHz Bandwidth and 3.8-dB Minimum NF in 65-nm CMOS

Autor: Mau-Chung Frank Chang, Ning-Yi Wang, Hao Wu, Yuan Du
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 63:1053-1062
ISSN: 1557-9670
0018-9480
DOI: 10.1109/tmtt.2015.2393310
Popis: A current-mode 60-GHz direct-conversion receiver, which can break performance tradeoffs among bandwidth, noise figure (NF), and linearity is designed and realized in 65-nm CMOS. The 60-GHz receiver employs the novel frequency-staggered series resonance common source (FSRCS) stage to extend RF bandwidth with superior noise performance. The receiver's current-mode operation offers excellent out-of-band blocker tolerance and linearity. With on-chip quadrature local oscillator generations, the fabricated receiver simultaneously achieves minimal NF of 3.8 dB, RF bandwidth of 7.5 GHz, output ${ P}_{1\ {\rm dB}}$ of 1 dBm, and maximum conversion gain of 36 dB. The receiver is capable of tolerating out-of-channel blocker up to $-$ 9 dBm at 3.5 GHz away. It occupies a silicon area of 1.3 ${\hbox{mm}}^{2}$ and draws 25.5 mA of current from a 1-V supply.
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