{"title":"A 28-GHz-band Stacked FET Linear Power Amplifier IC with 36.2 % PAE at 3-dB back-off from P1dB in 56-nm SOI CMOS","authors":"Cuilin Chen, T. Sugiura, T. Yoshimasu","doi":"10.1109/RWS.2019.8714268","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS.2019.8714268","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a high efficiency linear stacked FET power amplifier (PA) IC for 5G wireless communication systems. An adaptive bias circuit is used to enhance linearity and back-off efficiency. In addition, third-order trans-conductance component (gm3) is cancelled by multi-cascode structure. The PA IC is designed, fabricated and fully evaluated in 56-nm SOI CMOS. At a supply voltage of 4 V, the PA IC has exhibited an output power of 20.0 dBm and a PAE of 38.1% at 1-dB gain compression point (P1dB). The PAEs at 3 dB and 6 dB back-off from P1dB are 36.2 % and 28.7 %, respectively. The output IP3 of 25.0 dBm is obtained.","PeriodicalId":131330,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114162436","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 Multilevel Pulse-Width Modulated Class-E Power Amplifier","authors":"M. Javid, J. Kitchen","doi":"10.1109/RWS.2019.8714254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS.2019.8714254","url":null,"abstract":"This work reports a Class-E pulse-width modulated RF power amplifier that uses multilevel discrete supply modulation for base station applications. This work quantifies the efficiency roll-off in multilevel PAs and proposes that pulse-width modulated (PWM) class-E PAs offer the best efficiency roll-off and dynamic range, based on the efficiency profile with power back-off (PBO). The presented technique significantly extends the PBO dynamic range of PWM PAs over prior state-of-the-art solutions. A proof of concept watt-level class-E PA is designed using a GaN HEMT and exhibits more than 65% efficiency at 15dB PBO. This design extends the dynamic range of a PWM class-E PA to more than 6dB for a 50 to 30 percent duty cycle variation, and offers an efficiency roll-off of less than 4% per dB. The proposed circuit demonstrates an increasing average drain efficiency with power back-off when reducing the PA supply voltage.","PeriodicalId":131330,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133033285","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}
K. Hamze, D. Pasquet, P. Descamps, Edouard De Ledinghen
{"title":"Applied TRL Calibration Method to Differential Devices Embedded in a Test Board","authors":"K. Hamze, D. Pasquet, P. Descamps, Edouard De Ledinghen","doi":"10.1109/RWS.2019.8714439","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS.2019.8714439","url":null,"abstract":"This paper shows the VNA calibration for a DUT with a differential input and a single output embedded into a measurement board. Simulations have validated the concept.","PeriodicalId":131330,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127682014","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}
Khaldoon Ishmael, Avon Whitworth, E. Yavari, O. Boric-Lubecke
{"title":"Single Antenna Continuous Wave Doppler Radar Detection for Multiple Moving Targets","authors":"Khaldoon Ishmael, Avon Whitworth, E. Yavari, O. Boric-Lubecke","doi":"10.1109/RWS.2019.8714332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS.2019.8714332","url":null,"abstract":"Wireless health monitoring and life-sign identification is possible via detection of human respiration activity using Doppler radar. The respiration rates of two people can be separated by the measurement of chest-wall dynamic motion, using a single-antenna 2.4 GHz continuous wave (CW) quadrature transceiver. Signal processing is used to separate the respiration rates of two targets, by observing correspondence to null and optimum points in the In-phase (I) and Quadrature (Q) channels of the transceiver. Experimental data in the single-antenna system is verified by comparison against simulated data of two moving targets wherein the reference point of one target is shifted in the simulation by introduction of a phase shift. This shows it is possible to use a non-contact measurement to distinguish between the respiration rates of two human targets by observing the I & Q frequency spectrums.","PeriodicalId":131330,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"5 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116661442","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}
A. Simsek, Seong-Kyun Kim, Ahmed S. H. Ahmed, R. Maurer, M. Urteaga, M. Rodwell
{"title":"A Dual-Conversion Front-End with a W-Band First Intermediate Frequency for 1-30 GHz Reconfigurable Transceivers","authors":"A. Simsek, Seong-Kyun Kim, Ahmed S. H. Ahmed, R. Maurer, M. Urteaga, M. Rodwell","doi":"10.1109/RWS.2019.8714502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS.2019.8714502","url":null,"abstract":"We present a microwave dual-conversion frontends with a W-band first intermediate frequency (IF) for 1-30 GHz reconfigurable transceivers. The front-end consists of frequency up-conversion and down-conversion ICs using base-collector diode mixers and 4:1 local oscillator (LO) frequency multipliers. The front-ends are implemented in a 130 nm InP HBT technology. The IC was designed for a broadly tunable 1-30 GHz dual-conversion receiver using a W-band first IF. The up-conversion IC has 4-7 dB conversion loss and 20-25 dBm IIP3 from 0.1-22 GHz to W-band. Similarly, the down-conversion IC has 4-7 dB conversion loss and 20-25 dBm IIP3 converting from W-band to a 0.1-22 GHz baseband or 2nd IF. The front-end has 30 GHz spurious free RF tuning range, with $gt6$ dBm IIP3 using commercial off the shelf (COTS) off wafer IF filter and IF amplifier. It consumes 2.8W in the down-conversion and 3W in the up-conversion.","PeriodicalId":131330,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129880982","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}
Kyosuke Fukuda, O. Takyu, K. Shirai, T. Fujii, M. Ohta, F. Sasamori, Sliiro Handa
{"title":"Adaptive Transmission Control with Prediction of Sensing Results for PhyC-SN","authors":"Kyosuke Fukuda, O. Takyu, K. Shirai, T. Fujii, M. Ohta, F. Sasamori, Sliiro Handa","doi":"10.1109/RWS.2019.8714380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS.2019.8714380","url":null,"abstract":"Wireless sensor networks are important data transfer system for supporting IoT. Since the application of IoT is widely spread, the requirement of WSN is diversified. Physical wireless parameter conversion sensor networks (PhyC-SN) can support the real time data collection and the affordability of collecting the sensing results from a lot of sensors. However, PhyC-SN cannot detect each sensing results, separately. The data tracking technique with using time continuity as tracking criterion is available for data separation but the error tracking occurs if sensing results are close. This paper proposes the transmission technique with the prediction of sensing results for the data separation of PhyC-SN. From the predicted sensing results, FC can estimate the occurrence of error tracking and switch access protocol from simultaneous access to time division access for avoiding error tracking. From the computer simulation, the proposed transmission technique achieves the more highly accurate data collection than time division multiple access and conventional PhyC-SN.","PeriodicalId":131330,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121550596","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}
Johann Lichtblau, F. Michler, B. Scheiner, F. Lurz, Martin Graebner, Mira Hundhausen, R. Weigel, A. Koelpin
{"title":"Phased Array Approach for Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication in Train Stations","authors":"Johann Lichtblau, F. Michler, B. Scheiner, F. Lurz, Martin Graebner, Mira Hundhausen, R. Weigel, A. Koelpin","doi":"10.1109/RWS.2019.8714204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS.2019.8714204","url":null,"abstract":"This work introduces a new all-in-one system for train-to-infrastructure communication. With respect to typical train conditions a four part concept was developed for the sending/receiving module with focus on beam steering. Together with the simulative safeguarding of this idea, the system was also evaluated in the laboratory. It consists of an antenna array, an expansion board, an evaluation board with microcontroller and Wi-Fi chip for signal generation and one board for power division and beam steering. Moreover, the problem of the latency and inaccuracy of beam steering by received signal strength will be treated and optimization steps in the algorithm will be presented. This development has contributed to a reduction of the synchronization time from 40 to one second. First measurements show the advantages and the challenges of the design approach and let guess the potential in case of industrialization.","PeriodicalId":131330,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126568305","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":"Highly-Reliable Rotating Polarization Wave Transceiver with Optimal Polarization Selection","authors":"H. Yamada, Kenzo Takei","doi":"10.1109/RWS.2019.8714345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS.2019.8714345","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the first development of a transceiver adopting the Rotating Polarization Wave (RPW) scheme by proposing the demodulation method to efficiently receive RPW signals. The RPW scheme enhances the wireless coverage in the Non-Line-Of-Sight environment. The proposed receiver appropriately acquires arrived signals with high power polarization angles, which fluctuate with time. Performance evaluations of the developed transceiver in a factory and a power plant demonstrate that the packet error rate of the proposed RPW transceiver are improved 104 times at the maximum compared with the conventional linear-polarization-based transceiver.","PeriodicalId":131330,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125991844","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":"W-Band Divide-by-3 Injection-Locked Frequency Divider Using Stacked Cross-Coupled Transistors in 90 nm CMOS","authors":"Yo‐Sheng Lin, K. Lan, Yu-Ching Lin","doi":"10.1109/RWS.2019.8714280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS.2019.8714280","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate two low-power and wide-locking-range W-band CMOS divide-by-3 injection-locked frequency dividers (ILFD3) using stacked cross-coupled-transistor (CCT) topology. The first ILFD3 (ILFD31) uses an on-chip balun to transform the single input signal to differential output signals, which are amplified by the lower CCTs and then inject the source terminals of the upper CCTs. The second ILFD3 (ILFD32) uses a tail transistor to amplify the injection signal, which then injects the source terminals of the lower CCTs. Due to the strong second harmonic signal (2finj) at the source terminals of the upper CCTs, there are notable locked fundamental signals (finj) at the drain terminals of the upper CCTs. ILFD31 consumes a low power of 1.6 mW, and achieves a locking range of 3.4 GHz (92.5-95.9 GHz). ILFD32 consumes a low power of 0.13 mW, and achieves an excellent locking range of 18 GHz (91.8-109.8 GHz), one of the best results ever reported for W-band CMOS ILFD3s.","PeriodicalId":131330,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130207729","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 Sub-6GHz 5G Switched-Beam Smart Base Station Antenna Using Dual Parabolic Cylindrical Reflectors with Multiple Feeds","authors":"N. Hassan, M. Sanad","doi":"10.1109/RWS.2019.8714526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS.2019.8714526","url":null,"abstract":"A foldable/deployable 5G-sub-6GHz (3.3-7.0 GHz) switched-beam base station antenna has been developed. It consists of dual parabolic cylindrical reflectors with multiple resonant feeds. It can generate an arbitrary number of beams with arbitrary vertical/horizontal beamwidths, arbitrary beam overlapping and arbitrary electric beam-tilt for each beam. It can have a simultaneous vertical and horizontal sectorization. The peaks of the upper beams can be adjusted to be above the nulls of the lower beams and vice versa. Hence, every user will always be close to the peak of a beam. The antenna is gridded, which significantly reduces its weight and the wind-load.","PeriodicalId":131330,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134591002","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}