A fully integrated 16-element phased-array transmitter in SiGe BiCMOS for 60-GHz communications

A Valdes-Garcia, ST Nicolson, JW Lai… - IEEE journal of solid …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A phased-array transmitter (TX) for multi-Gb/s non-line-of-sight links in the four frequency
channels of the IEEE 802.15. 3c standard (58.32 to 64.8 GHz) is fully integrated in a 0.12-μm …

A 60 GHz power amplifier with 14.5 dBm saturation power and 25% peak PAE in CMOS 65 nm SOI

A Siligaris, Y Hamada, C Mounet… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A 60 GHz wideband power amplifier (PA) is fabricated in a standard CMOS SOI 65 nm
process. The PA is based on two cascode stages. Input, output and inter-stage matching use …

Energy-efficiency of millimeter-wave full-duplex relaying systems: Challenges and solutions

Z Wei, X Zhu, S Sun, Y Huang, A Al-Tahmeesschi… - IEEE …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Full-duplex (FD) relaying is a promising solution for fifth generation (5G) wireless
communications due to its potential to provide high spectral efficiency (SE) transmission …

Energy-efficiency-oriented cross-layer resource allocation for multiuser full-duplex decode-and-forward indoor relay systems at 60 GHz

Z Wei, X Zhu, S Sun, Y Huang - IEEE Journal on Selected …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Energy-efficiency (EE)-oriented green communication design is an important issue at 60
GHz due to high power consumption of devices working at such a high frequency. In this …

A compact linear 60-GHz PA with 29.2% PAE operating at weak avalanche area in SiGe

Y Sun, GG Fischer, JC Scheytt - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a 60-GHz SiGe PA with a 29.2% power-added efficiency (PAE), a peak
power of 16.8 dBm, and a peak output 1-dB compression (OP 1dB) of 14 dBm. Its measured …

A 52–75 GHz frequency quadrupler in 0.25-µm SiGe BiCMOS process

NC Kuo, ZM Tsai, K Schmalz… - The 5th European …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a single-stage V-band quadrupler in 0.25-μm SiGe BiCMOS technology
with an outstanding 36% bandwidth from 52 to 75 GHz. The quadrupler generates-10 dBm …

60 GHz SiGe: C HBT power amplifier with 17.4 dBm output power and 16.3% PAE

D Grujic, M Savic, C Bingol… - IEEE Microwave and …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Single stage cascode power amplifier for 60 GHz band is presented in this letter. Modeling
methodology, together with effects of (im) proper local interconnect modeling on achievable …

Fully integrated high efficiency K-band PA in 0.18 µm CMOS technology

H Portela, V Subramanian… - 2009 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A fully integrated 2 stage K-band power amplifier is designed, fabricated and measured. The
amplifier is realized utilizing standard 0.18 μm CMOS process. A novel simplified matching …

Thermal design of multifinger bipolar transistors

L La Spina, V d'Alessandro, S Russo… - IEEE transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, design guidelines are provided to improve the thermal stability of three-and
four-finger bipolar transistors. Experiments and simulations are first performed on silicon-on …

Design methodology and characterization of a SiGe BiCMOS power amplifier for 60 GHz wireless communications

M Hellfeld, S Hauptmann, C Carta… - 2011 SBMO/IEEE MTT …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents design methodology and characterization of a 60 GHz class-A power
amplifier and reviews in detail its design procedure, which requires only DC and small …