Silicon millimeter-wave technologies and circuits

Abstract

Silicon technologies are enabling ICs capable of operating at millimeter-wave (mm-wave) frequencies, with advantages in design complexity, functionality and cost compared to III-Vs. The potential for application of deep submicron SiGe-BiCMOS and CMOS-SOI technologies in mm-wave systems is surveyed in this paper. Progress in mm-wave silicon IC development for Gbit/s data rate wireless communication is highlighted with emphasis on recently reported innovations and developments from the authors' own work.