TY - JOUR
T1 - A 50 to 70 GHz power amplifier using 90 nm CMOS technology
AU - Kuo, Jing Lin
AU - Tsai , Zuo-Min
AU - Lin, Kun You
AU - Wang, Huei
PY - 2009/1/1
Y1 - 2009/1/1
N2 - A 50 to 70 GHz wideband power amplifier (PA) is developed in MS/RF 90 nm 1P9M CMOS process. This PA achieves a measured Psat of 13.8 dBm, P1 dB of 10.3 dBm, power added efficiency (PAE) of 12.6%, and linear power gain of 30 dB at 60 GHz under VDD biased at 1.8 V. When V DD is biased at 3 V, it exhibits Psat of 18 dBm, P 1 dB of 12 dBm, PAE of 15%, and linear gain of 32.4 dB at 60 GHz. The MMIC PA also has a wide 3 dB bandwidth from 50 to 70 GHz, with a chip size of 0.66 × 0.5 mm2. To the author's knowledge, this PA demonstrates the highest output power, with the highest gain among the reported CMOS PAs in V-band.
AB - A 50 to 70 GHz wideband power amplifier (PA) is developed in MS/RF 90 nm 1P9M CMOS process. This PA achieves a measured Psat of 13.8 dBm, P1 dB of 10.3 dBm, power added efficiency (PAE) of 12.6%, and linear power gain of 30 dB at 60 GHz under VDD biased at 1.8 V. When V DD is biased at 3 V, it exhibits Psat of 18 dBm, P 1 dB of 12 dBm, PAE of 15%, and linear gain of 32.4 dB at 60 GHz. The MMIC PA also has a wide 3 dB bandwidth from 50 to 70 GHz, with a chip size of 0.66 × 0.5 mm2. To the author's knowledge, this PA demonstrates the highest output power, with the highest gain among the reported CMOS PAs in V-band.
KW - 60 GHz
KW - Broadband
KW - CMOS
KW - Microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC)
KW - Power amplifier (PA)
KW - V-band
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=58149512843&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/LMWC.2008.2008603
DO - 10.1109/LMWC.2008.2008603
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:58149512843
VL - 19
SP - 45
EP - 47
JO - IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
JF - IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
SN - 1531-1309
IS - 1
M1 - 4729665
ER -