An active-under-coil RFDAC with analog linear interpolation in 28-nm CMOS

F Zhang, P Chen, JS Walling, A Zhu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, 2021ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper demonstrates a wideband 2.4 GHz-bit Cartesian radio-frequency digital-to-
analog converter (RFDAC). Active-under-coil integration is introduced in the physical
implementation, where all key active circuitry is located underneath the matching-network
transformer, achieving a core area of merely 0.35 mm 2. An analog linear interpolation at the
RF rate is proposed to suppress replicas close to the carrier while avoiding any high-order
and high-speed digital filters in digital processing back-end. The multi-port transformer is …
This paper demonstrates a wideband 2.4 GHz -bit Cartesian radio-frequency digital-to-analog converter (RFDAC). Active-under-coil integration is introduced in the physical implementation, where all key active circuitry is located underneath the matching-network transformer, achieving a core area of merely 0.35 mm 2 . An analog linear interpolation at the RF rate is proposed to suppress replicas close to the carrier while avoiding any high-order and high-speed digital filters in digital processing back-end. The multi-port transformer is adopted in the matching network to improve the back-off efficiency. The measured peak output power and drain efficiency at the center frequency of 2.4 GHz are 17.47 dBm and 17.6% respectively, while the peak efficiency is 19.03%. Moreover, the 6-dB back-off efficiency is at 66% of that at the peak output power. The active-under-coil integration helps this RFDAC to achieve the smallest area among comparable prior arts.
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