C. Huang, Kenny Christainsen, S. Nabokin, Rafik Mirzayantz, J. Allum, Andrew Chen, L. Lam, M. McPartlin, M. Doherty, Bill Vaillancourt
{"title":"A highly integrated single chip 5–6 GHz front-end IC based on SiGe BiCMOS that enhances 802.11ac WLAN radio front-end designs","authors":"C. Huang, Kenny Christainsen, S. Nabokin, Rafik Mirzayantz, J. Allum, Andrew Chen, L. Lam, M. McPartlin, M. Doherty, Bill Vaillancourt","doi":"10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337746","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337746","url":null,"abstract":"A highly integrated 4.9-5.9 GHz single chip front-end IC (FEIC) is presented, which is based on SiGe BiCMOS, realized in a 1.6 mm2 chip area and in an ultra-compact 1.7 × 2.0 × 0.33 mm3 package. The Tx chain has >30 dB gain and meets -40 dB DEVM up to Pout of 15 dBm and -35 dB DEVM up to Pout of 17 dBm with a 3.3 V supply, insensitive to modulation bandwidths and duty cycle. The ultra-low back-off DEVM enables the emerging 1024-QAM applications. The integrated log detector enhances the dynamic range for the transmit power control. The Rx chain features <;2.8 dB NF and 15 dB gain with 3 dBm IIP3 and 10 dB bypass attenuator with 23 dBm IIP3. All the unique features enhance the front-end circuit designs of complex radios based on the 802.11ac standard.","PeriodicalId":121490,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134104672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hsin-Chih Kuo, C. Chou, Chien-Chih Lin, Chun-Han Yu, Tzuen-Hsi Huang, H. Chuang
{"title":"A 60-GHz CMOS direct-conversion Doppler radar RF sensor with clutter canceller for single-antenna noncontact human vital-signs detection","authors":"Hsin-Chih Kuo, C. Chou, Chien-Chih Lin, Chun-Han Yu, Tzuen-Hsi Huang, H. Chuang","doi":"10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337698","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a 60-GHz CMOS direct-conversion Doppler radar RF sensor with a quasi-circulator (QC) and a clutter canceller circuit for single-antenna noncontact human vital-signs detection. A high isolation QC is designed to provide better detection sensitivity for the tiny vital-signs detection for the single-antenna Doppler radar architecture. The clutter canceller performs cancellation for the transmitting leakage power from the circulator and the background reflection clutter to enhance the detection sensitivity of weak vital signals. The measurement shows that the total transmitting power is 3 dBm while the conversion gain of the sub-harmonic receiver is 10.5 dB. In the human vital-signs detection measurement, at a distance of 75 cm, the detected heartbeat (1-1.3 Hz) and respiratory (0.35-0.45 Hz) signals can be clearly observed. The RF sensor is fabricated in 90-nm technology with a chip size of 2 mm × 2 mm and a consuming power of 217 mW. The presented CMOS vital-signs Doppler radar RF sensor will be very useful for the wireless remote physiological monitoring healthcare system and the tiny vibrations detection applications.","PeriodicalId":121490,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)","volume":"201 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132824982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. V. M. Bonehi, Christoph Beyerstedt, Zhimiao Chen, Lei Liao, R. Wunderlich, S. Heinen
{"title":"Gain and noise optimization of a passive sliding IF architecture","authors":"S. V. M. Bonehi, Christoph Beyerstedt, Zhimiao Chen, Lei Liao, R. Wunderlich, S. Heinen","doi":"10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337774","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents gain and noise optimization of a passive Sliding IF downconverter as a promising choice for Zero-IF and Low-IF receivers. With detailed mathematical analysis of the architecture we propose a new design that provides 7.6 dB improvement of relative conversion gain with profound noise figure and IIP3 performance. The results of the mathematical derivation are supported by modeling, circuit simulation and measurement of a prototype chip fabricated on a standard 130nm CMOS technology. The chip operates under supply voltage of 1.2V and occupies 750μm × 200μm active area.","PeriodicalId":121490,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127587408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Low-power injection-locked zero-IF self-oscillating mixer for self-powered millimeter-wave identification (MMID) active tag in 65-nm CMOS","authors":"Pascal Burasa, N. Constantin, K. Wu","doi":"10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337754","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a 40 GHz zero-IF self-oscillating mixer (SOM) with low-power consumption, is proposed and demonstrated for the next generation of battery-free yet active mm-wave identification (MMID) tag. It exploits the mixing property of LC cross-coupled VCO, and by injection-locking the SOM to the reader's carrier frequency, it enables a direct-conversion to the baseband. It, therefore, does not require any external LO source (self-mixing) nor RF frequency conversion into IF frequency. A chip was designed using 65-nm CMOS process, and experimental results exhibit a conversion loss of about 29 dB, with a power consumption of only 280 μW.","PeriodicalId":121490,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)","volume":"1004 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123323524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Spiridon, D. Guermandi, S. Bozzola, Han Yan, M. Introini, D. Koh
{"title":"A 265 mW, 225 MHz signal bandwidth, and <1-dB gain step software defined cable receiver front-end enabling ultra-HDTV in 28nm CMOS","authors":"S. Spiridon, D. Guermandi, S. Bozzola, Han Yan, M. Introini, D. Koh","doi":"10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337786","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337786","url":null,"abstract":"A 28 nm CMOS software-defined receiver front end (SDRX) for the analog signal conditioning of high-speed data streams on cable is presented. By making efficient use of the available cable bandwidth, the presented SDRX is, to the authors' knowledge, the first reported receiver front end to enable high-speed data and Ultra-HDTV video streaming within home cable networks. This paper focuses on the SDRX system-level design methodology as the key factor in finding the most effective circuit-level solutions for power and area optimization. Its direct result is that we have implemented the most power-efficient SDRX architecture for the 28 nm CMOS process, and we have developed enhanced building blocks to optimize further the system performance. The optimal filtering strategy defines the harmonic rejection feature to reduce the external filter complexity and cost, and it also finds the appropriate ADC resolution and speed to reduce the baseband low-pass filter power and area. The SDRX gain partitioning strategy maximizes the output SNR by making sure both the mixer and baseband ADCs are fully loaded. Thus, enhanced gain blocks have been designed to accommodate a <; 1 dB gain step. The presented monolithic SDRX is embedded in 28 nm CMOS multimedia SoCs, and it can cover frequency bands up to 1800 MHz and channel bandwidths up to 225 MHz. The success of the top-down design approach is validated by the 265/180 mW power consumption for 225/100 MHz signal bandwidth.","PeriodicalId":121490,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125033733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A self-interference cancelling front-end for in-band full-duplex wireless and its phase noise performance","authors":"D. van den Broek, E. Klumperink, B. Nauta","doi":"10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337708","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337708","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a frequency-agile RF front-end in 65nm CMOS targeting short-range full-duplex wireless communication. Complementing previous work on a self-interference cancelling receiver, this work describes the co-integrated transmitter and reports the phase noise advantages of using correlated clock resources to clock all up- and downconverters present in the system. The hardware is capable of frequency-agile operation from 0.15 to 3.5GHz carrier frequency. Measurements at 2.5 GHz indicate that the RX noise floor is only 1 dB degraded by phase noise when operated from a commercial PLL with ~ -38 dBc phase noise.","PeriodicalId":121490,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114744482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A pulsed UWB transmitter and receiver with 4-element beamforming for 1-Gbps meter-range WPAN applications","authors":"Jaegan Ko, R. Gharpurey","doi":"10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337748","url":null,"abstract":"A UWB transceiver that employs pulsed, multiband signaling with frequency-hopping is demonstrated in a 65nm CMOS process. The transceiver satisfies ECC requirements and operates in the frequency range 6-8.5 GHz. The proposed signaling scheme provides flexibility to satisfy regulations across multiple regions with low implementation complexity. The receiver employs 4-element beamforming at IF to enhance sensitivity. The beamforming architecture does not require a wideband delay circuit at the RX. The prototype demonstrates 1 Gbps data rate over 2 meters, while consuming 221 mW in the TX and 211 mW in the receiver.","PeriodicalId":121490,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115308676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Plenary speaker 1: From THz imaging to millimeter-wave stimulation of neurons: Is there a killer application for high frequency RF in the medical community?","authors":"P. Siegel","doi":"10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337688","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337688","url":null,"abstract":"As millimeter- and submillimeter-wave device and circuit technologies move from the laboratory into customized commercial components and instruments, the search for mainstream applications that might serve as a basis for significant capital investment has expanded. A plethora of hypothetical, and often unrealistic expectations for the technology, have been touted, mainly in biomedical imaging, defense and security, and communications applications, but most fail the comparison test for existing or competing alternatives, and some are based on false premises. This talk will briefly cover the advantages and limitations of millimeter- and submillimeter-wave technologies when applied in the biomedical field, and specifically highlight an application that the speaker believes fulfils at least one dream for broad-based disease control application — millimeter-wave non-invasive monitoring of blood glucose levels.","PeriodicalId":121490,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116787052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A 0.7V 194µW 31dB FOM 2.3–2.5 GHz RF frontend for WBAN with mutual noise cancellation using passive coupling","authors":"Mustafijur Rahman, R. Harjani","doi":"10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337733","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337733","url":null,"abstract":"A low power low noise 0.7V mixer first RF frontend for an IEEE 802.15.6 narrowband receiver is presented which uses passive coupling based frequency translated mutual noise cancellation. Unlike traditional noise cancelling techniques we perform symmetrical noise cancellation of a fully differential structure where each path cancels the noise of the other at IF. This paper tackles the noise figure and power consumption problems of sub 1V mixers. The FOM is 10dB higher and power consumption is 194μW which is 0.5X lower than the state of the art. The LO power used is -14dBm.","PeriodicalId":121490,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129501312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A 3-band switched-inductor LC VCO and differential current re-use doubler achieving 0.7-to-11.6 GHz tuning range","authors":"B. Sadhu, Sachin Kalia, R. Harjani","doi":"10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337737","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337737","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a 3-bit switched inductor, 8-bit switched capacitor VCO utilizing frequency aware switch sizing to achieve 157% tuning range (0.7-5.8 GHz). Implemented in 65nm CMOS, the VCO maintains phase noise between -128 and -116 dBc/Hz at 1MHz offset across the tuning range. A current reuse differential frequency doubler extends the tuning range to 0.7-11.6 GHz (177%). The FOMTs of the stand alone VCO as well as that of the VCO-doubler combination vary between 191 to 209 dBc/Hz over their respective tuning ranges.","PeriodicalId":121490,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128203194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}