A 2-Gb/s 60 GHz transmission-gate based 130nm CMOS on-off keying modulator

Abstract

A 2-Gb/s 60GHz On-Off Keying modulator for low-power and high-speed applications is demonstrated in this paper. The modulator uses a transmission-gate to selectively block or pass the input signal. Overall, the modulator circuit achieves a maximum data rate of 2-Gb/s, 20dB On and Off isolation, and power consumption of 13.2mW for a supply voltage of 1.2V.