A Wideband 77-GHz, 17.5-dBm Fully Integrated Power Amplifier in Silicon
- 24 July 2006
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
- Vol. 41 (8) , 1749-1756
- https://doi.org/10.1109/jssc.2006.877258
Abstract
A 77-GHz, +17.5 dBm power amplifier (PA) with fully integrated 50-Omega input and output matching and fabricated in a 0.12-mum SiGe BiCMOS process is presented. The PA achieves a peak power gain of 17 dB and a maximum single-ended output power of 17.5 dBm with 12.8% of power-added efficiency (PAE). It has a 3-dB bandwidth of 15 GHz and draws 165 mA from a 1.8-V supply. Conductor-backed coplanar waveguide (CBCPW) is used as the transmission line structure resulting in large isolation between adjacent lines, enabling integration of the PA in an area of 0.6 mm2. By using a separate image-rejection filter incorporated before the PA, the rejection at IF frequency of 25 GHz is improved by 35 dB, helping to keep the PA design widebandKeywords
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