A 2 × 2 240--270-GHz Transmitter Array With 33 dBm of EIRP in a 0.13-μm SiGe Technology

IF 5.2 1区工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-07-21 DOI:10.1109/TMTT.2026.3711721

Kaan Balaban;Max Vöhringer;Matthias Möck;Marius Kretschmann;Thomas Zwick;John Jelonnek;Ahmet Çağrı Ulusoy

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Abstract

This work presents a 240–270-GHz transmitter array implemented in a 0.13-

$\mu $

m SiGe BiCMOS process. The transmitter array comprises two J-band

$\times 6$

frequency multipliers, four J-band four-way combined power amplifiers (PAs), and an on-chip

$2 \times 2$

antenna array. The system is driven by an external continuous-wave (CW) signal generator, and each four-way combined PA delivers a peak output power of 16.7 dBm at 250 GHz with a 3-dB bandwidth of 50 GHz. The integrated antenna array consists of four differential dipoles with a reflector layer beneath the silicon substrate to enhance radiation efficiency. The fabricated transmitter array achieves an equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) of 33 dBm and estimated total radiated power (

$\boldsymbol {P_{\mathrm {tot, rad}}}$

) of 21 dBm at 264 GHz with a 3-dB bandwidth of 30 GHz while consuming 4 W of DC power and occupying a silicon area of 13 mm². Compared to prior works at similar frequencies, the proposed transmitter array achieves a 9-dB higher EIRP than previously reported silicon-based transmitters without the use of external lens-based gain enhancement.

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采用0.13 μm SiGe技术，具有33 dBm EIRP的2 × 2 240—270 ghz发射阵列

本工作提出了一种采用0.13- $\mu $ m SiGe BiCMOS工艺实现的240 - 270 ghz发射机阵列。发射机阵列包括两个j波段乘频器、四个j波段四路组合功率放大器（pa）和一个片上2 × 2天线阵列。该系统由外部连续波（CW）信号发生器驱动，每个四路组合PA在250 GHz时提供16.7 dBm的峰值输出功率，3db带宽为50 GHz。集成天线阵列由四个差分偶极子组成，在硅衬底下有一个反射层，以提高辐射效率。制作的发射机阵列在264 GHz时实现等效各向异性辐射功率（EIRP）为33 dBm，估计总辐射功率（$\boldsymbol {P_{\ mathm {tot, rad}}}$）为21 dBm， 3db带宽为30 GHz，消耗4 W直流功率，占用13 mm2的硅面积。与之前在类似频率下的工作相比，在不使用外部透镜增益增强的情况下，所提出的发射机阵列的EIRP比先前报道的硅基发射机高9 db。

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IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

CiteScore

8.60

自引率

18.60%

发文量

486

审稿时长

6 months

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