A 80-92-GHz receiver front-end using slow-wave transmission lines in 65nm CMOS

Chun Cheng Wang*, Zhiming Chen, Vipul Jain, Payam Heydari

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Abstract

Slow-wave coplanar waveguides (SW-CPW) are promising candidates for realization of low-loss and compact on-chip passive components at millimeter-wave (MMW) frequencies. To meet the stringent pattern density requirement of nanoscale CMOS, two types of dummy prefills are proposed. The transmission lines achieve a measured effective dielectric permittivity of 20 and 10, an attenuation of 1 and 0.5 dB/mm, a quality factor of 15 and 20 and a figure-of-merit of 0.2 dB/rad, all at 40 GHz. A W-band front-end receiver based entirely on the characterized SW-CPW with frequency tripler as the LO is measured. The receiver achieves a total gain of 35-dB, a NF of 9-dB, a P-1dB of -40-dBm, a low power consumption of 108mW under 1.2/0.8V and a FOM of 0.49.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2010 IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium, CSICS 2010 - Technical Digest 2010
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event2010 32nd IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium, CSICS 2010 - Monterey, CA, United States
Duration: 3 Oct 20106 Oct 2010

Publication series

NameTechnical Digest - IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium, CSIC
ISSN (Print)1550-8781

Conference

Conference2010 32nd IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium, CSICS 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMonterey, CA
Period3/10/106/10/10

Keywords

  • CMOS
  • CMOS millimeter-wave integrated circuits
  • Dummy
  • MMW amplifier
  • Metal fills
  • Slow-wave transmission lines
  • Transmission lines
  • W-band receiver

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