A 16-element phased-array receiver IC for 60-GHz communications in SiGe BiCMOS

A 16-element phased-array receiver IC for 60-GHz communications in SiGe BiCMOS

A 0.12-μm SiGe phased-array Rx IC for beam-steered wireless communication in the 60-GHz band is described. It has 16 RF phase-shifting front-ends with 11° digital phase resolution and hybrid passive-active RF signal combining. It achieves 7.4-7.9 dB NF (not including 12-dB array gain) over the 4 IEE...

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Hauptverfasser: Reynolds, Scott K, Natarajan, Arun S, Ming-Da Tsai, Nicolson, Sean, Jing-Hong Conan Zhan, Duixian Liu, Kam, Dong G, Huang, Oscar, Valdes-Garcia, Alberto, Floyd, Brian A
Format: Tagungsbericht
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
60 GHz
beam steering
BiCMOS integrated circuits
Gain
Germanium silicon alloys
Integrated circuit noise
Integrated circuit synthesis
millimeter-wave
Noise measurement
Phased-arrays
Radio frequency
receiver
SiGe
Signal resolution
Silicon germanium
Wireless communication
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Zusammenfassung:A 0.12-μm SiGe phased-array Rx IC for beam-steered wireless communication in the 60-GHz band is described. It has 16 RF phase-shifting front-ends with 11° digital phase resolution and hybrid passive-active RF signal combining. It achieves 7.4-7.9 dB NF (not including 12-dB array gain) over the 4 IEEE channels. The IC has a double-conversion superheterodyne Rx core with a maximum of 72 dB of power gain in 1-dB steps, and the on-chip synthesizer achieves
ISSN:1529-2517
2375-0995
DOI:10.1109/RFIC.2010.5477306