CMOS THz generator with frequency selective negative resistance tank

Qun Jane Gu; Zhiwei Xu; Heng Yu Jian; Bo Pan; Xiaojing Xu; Mau-Chung Chang; Wei Liu; Harold Fetterman

doi:10.1109/TTHZ.2011.2181922

CMOS THz generator with frequency selective negative resistance tank

Qun Jane Gu^*, Zhiwei Xu, Heng Yu Jian, Bo Pan, Xiaojing Xu, Mau-Chung Chang, Wei Liu, Harold Fetterman

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Department of Electronics Engineering

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Abstract

This paper reports a CMOS terahertz oscillator with a novel frequency selective negative resistance (FSNR) tank to boost its operating frequency. The demonstrated oscillator can operate at a fundamental frequency of about 0.22 THz, exceeding the CMOS device cutoff frequency of ${\rm f} _{\rm T} . The proposed architecture suppresses undesired 2nd and odd harmonics and boosts the fourth-order harmonic (0.87 THz), which radiates through an on-chip patch antenna. The THz oscillator's output spectrum is profiled by using a Michelson interferometer. The oscillator circuit consumes 12 mA from a 1.4 V supply and occupies a 0.045 mm$ ² die area in a 65 nm CMOS technology.

Original language	English
Article number	6151215
Pages (from-to)	193-202
Number of pages	10
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology
Volume	2
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TTHZ.2011.2181922
State	Published - 1 Mar 2012

Keywords

CMOS
interferometer
oscillator
resonant tank
terahertz (THz)

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Gu, Q. J., Xu, Z., Jian, H. Y., Pan, B., Xu, X., Chang, M-C., Liu, W., & Fetterman, H. (2012). CMOS THz generator with frequency selective negative resistance tank. IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, 2(2), 193-202. [6151215]. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTHZ.2011.2181922

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