A. Hamani, A. Siligaris, B. Blampey, C. Dehos, J. G. Gonzalez Jimenez
{"title":"A 125.5-157 GHz 8 dB NF and 16 dB of Gain D-band Low Noise Amplifier in CMOS SOI 45 nm","authors":"A. Hamani, A. Siligaris, B. Blampey, C. Dehos, J. G. Gonzalez Jimenez","doi":"10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9224114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9224114","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a D-band millimeter-wave low noise amplifier circuit in CMOS SOI 45 nm technology is presented. It achieves 8 dB of noise figure and 16 dB of gain with a 3-dB bandwidth of 31.5 GHz (125.5-157 GHz). It is composed of four stages of capacitively neutralized differential common-source cells cascaded using integrated mm-wave transformers to achieve high gain and large bandwidth. It consumes 75 mW from a 1-V voltage supply, and occupies a compact active area of 0.07 mm2.","PeriodicalId":6784,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS)","volume":"51 1","pages":"197-200"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79996771","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}
Jia Zhou, Chia-Jen Liang, Christopher Chen, Jieqiong Du, R. Huang, R. Al Hadi, J. Hwang, Mau-Chung Frank Chang
{"title":"A Silicon-Based Closed-Loop 256-Pixel Near-Field Capacitive Sensing Array with 3-ppm Sensitivity and Selectable Frequency Shift Gain","authors":"Jia Zhou, Chia-Jen Liang, Christopher Chen, Jieqiong Du, R. Huang, R. Al Hadi, J. Hwang, Mau-Chung Frank Chang","doi":"10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9224059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9224059","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a two-dimensional capacitive sensor circuit implemented in 28-nm silicon technology for material characterization. The circuit is based on a 4.5-GHz quadrature oscillator with a single inductor and distributed capacitor array with 12.6-um pitch. The 16×16 sensor array is designed with minimal signal energy loss to enable scalable designs. The quadrature oscillator is embedded in a trans-linear loop for frequency shift amplification up to 36 times with an acquisition bandwidth of 2.4 MHz. The readout time for single pixel drops below the limit set by the quantization noise floor and reaches near optimal window, while the sensor maintains a sensitivity of 3 ppm. A mixer is used to down-convert the high-frequency component to an intermediate frequency. A digital core is used to acquire and process the data.","PeriodicalId":6784,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS)","volume":"46 1","pages":"464-467"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91208890","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}
Eduardo V. P. Anjos, D. Schreurs, G. Vandenbosch, M. Geurts
{"title":"A 24 - 30 GHz Ultra-Compact Phase Shifter Using All-Pass Networks for 5G User Equipment","authors":"Eduardo V. P. Anjos, D. Schreurs, G. Vandenbosch, M. Geurts","doi":"10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9223788","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9223788","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents a 24–30 GHz phase-shifter with 0.028 mm2 of area for 5G mobile applications. The small size is achieved by employing variable-phase all-pass networks, which enables the embedding of switches within all-pass networks when implementing switched-type phase-shifters. The proposed PS was implemented and manufactured using 0.25 µm BiCMOS. Measurements were performed, showing an insertion loss of 4.49 ± 0.27 dB at 27 GHz, an RMS gain error below 0.5 dB and an RMS phase error below 7° across the whole frequency band.","PeriodicalId":6784,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS)","volume":"64 1","pages":"217-220"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83166321","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":"Transmit-Receive Cross-Modulation Distortion Correction in a 5-6GHz Full Duplex Quadrature Balanced CMOS RF Front-End","authors":"Nimrod Ginzberg, Tomer Gidoni, D. Regev, E. Cohen","doi":"10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9224029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9224029","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, we propose an analysis, characterization, and correction of transmit-receive cross-modulation (CM) distortion in a full duplex quadrature balanced CMOS RF front-end around the carrier frequency of 5.2 GHz. A theoretical model of the CM mechanism stemming from instantaneous variations in the power amplifiers' output impedance is laid out and verified in measurement. A two-dimensional digital post-distortion (2D-DPoD) algorithm is employed to linearize the CM distorted receive signal, in conjunction with wideband digital RF and baseband self-interference cancellation. The system was measured in a simultaneous transmit-receive operation using 802.11ac VHT20 signals at 10 dBm RMS Tx power and -17 dBm Rx power and achieves total Tx-Rx isolation >66 dB. The digital SIC and 2D-DPoD correct Rx EVM by 16 dB to a value of -32.5 dB.","PeriodicalId":6784,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS)","volume":"7 1","pages":"1211-1214"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85190628","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}
Nobuhiko Yasumaru, Naoki Sakai, K. Itoh, Toshiki Tamura, S. Makino
{"title":"920MHz Band High Sensitive Rectenna with the High Impedance Folded Dipole Antenna on the Artificial Magnetic Conductor Substrate","authors":"Nobuhiko Yasumaru, Naoki Sakai, K. Itoh, Toshiki Tamura, S. Makino","doi":"10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9223779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9223779","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the 920 MHz band rectenna with the high impedance folded dipole antenna on the artificial magnetic conductor substrate is described for high sensitive operation and placement on metal plates. With the antenna architecture, antenna impedance of 16 kΩ can be obtained, and this can make high efficient operation with the 40 nm SOI-CMOS rectifier IC. The developed rectenna achieves rectification efficiency of 58 % at the input power of -30 dBm. Furthermore, the rectenna on the metal plate achieves rectification efficiency of 72 %. Above values are top performances in 920 MHz band rectennas.","PeriodicalId":6784,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS)","volume":"2020 1","pages":"1070-1072"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87875544","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}
Cristian B. Czegledi, Mikael Hörberg, M. Sjödin, P. Ligander, J. Hansryd, Jan Sandberg, Jonas Gustavsson, D. Sjöberg, D. Polydorou, Dimitris Siomos
{"title":"Demonstrating 139 Gbps and 55.6 bps/Hz Spectrum Efficiency Using 8×8 MIMO over a 1.5-km Link at 73.5 GHz","authors":"Cristian B. Czegledi, Mikael Hörberg, M. Sjödin, P. Ligander, J. Hansryd, Jan Sandberg, Jonas Gustavsson, D. Sjöberg, D. Polydorou, Dimitris Siomos","doi":"10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9223907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9223907","url":null,"abstract":"Wireless backhaul using line-of-sight MIMO (LOS-MIMO) has the potential to support the increased data-rate demands brought by the introduction of the fifth generation of mobile access technology. In this paper, we present results from an outdoor 1.5-km link using eight LOS-MIMO streams in a single channel. The link operated at E-band (70/80 GHz) using commercial radios and unsynchronized oscillators. An aggregated throughput of 139 Gbps was achieved with a 99.965% availability, resulting in a spectrum efficiency of 55.6 bps/Hz. Moreover, the robustness of the link at suboptimal deployments was verified, agreeing well with the theoretically expected results. Such microwave links are of great importance for future generation mobile broadband networks, providing a cost-effective alternative to fiber backhaul.","PeriodicalId":6784,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS)","volume":"30 1","pages":"539-542"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90326910","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-Mixing Receiver for Wireless Frequency Synchronization in Coherent Distributed Arrays","authors":"Serge R. Mghabghab, J. Nanzer","doi":"10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9223809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9223809","url":null,"abstract":"A self-mixing receiver support distributed frequency locking in coherent distributed antenna arrays is presented. Coherent distributed antenna arrays require accurate phase, frequency, and time alignment. However, each node in the distributed array generates its frequency using independent oscillators, and thus without appropriate frequency synchronization the emitted signals will not appropriately cohere. In this paper, we present a one-way frequency transfer approach that uses a self-mixing circuit architecture in a master-slave synchronization architecture. The master node transmits a multi-tone signal that consists of two tones separated by a 10 MHz frequency reference. The self-mixing circuit receives and demodulates this signal by splitting it and then passing it to the radio-frequency (RF) and local oscillator (LO) terminals of a mixer. The resulting signal is filtered to retain only the 10 MHz modulation, which is used to discipline the oscillator on the slave node. We present experimental results using software-defined radio, showing wireless synchronization via a cabled distributed beamforming experiment at 1.5 GHz.","PeriodicalId":6784,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS)","volume":"93 1","pages":"1137-1140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77350983","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 CMOS Band-Pass Low Noise Amplifier with Excellent Gain Flatness for mm-Wave 5G Communications","authors":"Han-Woong Choi, Sunkyu Choi, Choul‐Young Kim","doi":"10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9224097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9224097","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a two-stage 24–32 GHz low-noise amplifier (LNA) with excellent gain flatness for wide bandwidth communication applications. A new band-pass type 2-stage common-source (CS) LNA configuration using the pole-tuning technique that actively exploits the parasitic capacitance of a CMOS device is proposed for bandwidth extension with low in-band gain variation. To demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed circuit configuration, a wideband LNA is implemented using a 65-nm CMOS process. The LNA shows a gain variation of ±0.19 dB in frequency band of 24 to 32 GHz with a peak gain of 18.64 dB and a noise figure of 2.27 dB while consuming 10.0 rnA from a 1V supply. The core circuit occupies an area of 0.23 × 0.43 mm2.","PeriodicalId":6784,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"329-332"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88464910","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}
P. Campo, Vesa Lampu, L. Anttila, Alberto Brihuega, M. Allén, M. Valkama
{"title":"Closed-Loop Sign Algorithms for Low-Complexity Digital Predistortion","authors":"P. Campo, Vesa Lampu, L. Anttila, Alberto Brihuega, M. Allén, M. Valkama","doi":"10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9223904","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9223904","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we study digital predistortion (DPD) based linearization with specific focus on millimeter wave (mmW) active antenna arrays. Due to the very large channel bandwidths and beam-dependence of nonlinear distortion in such systems, we propose a closed-loop DPD learning architecture, look-up table (LUT) based memory DPD models, and low-complexity sign-based estimation algorithms, such that even continuous DPD learning could be technically feasible. To this end, three different learning algorithms - sign, signed regressor, and sign-sign - are formulated for the LUT-based DPD models, such that the potential rank deficiencies, experienced in earlier methods, are avoided. Then, extensive RF measurements utilizing a state-of-the-art mmW active antenna array system at 28 GHz are carried out and reported to validate the methods. Additionally, the processing and learning complexities of the considered methods are analyzed, which together with the measured linearization performance figures allow to assess the complexity-performance tradeoffs. Overall, the results show that efficient mmW array linearization can be obtained through the proposed methods.","PeriodicalId":6784,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS)","volume":"29 1","pages":"841-844"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84971493","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":"High-k and Low-Loss Dielectric Composite Feedstock Filaments, Tailored for Additive Manufacturing of Microwave Devices","authors":"Vishvajitsinh Kosamiya, Jing Wang","doi":"10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9223844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9223844","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, an improved methodology of making ceramic-thermoplastic composite feedstock filament with tailored dielectric properties is pursued. Prediction model-based approach is implemented for manufacturing a wide variety of thermoplastic composite filaments with varied ceramic filler volume ratios and ceramic filler surface conditions. A relative permittivity of 12 and a loss tangent of 0.003 have been demonstrated at frequencies up to 18 GHz for in-house prepared 3D printable composites loaded with 50% ceramic micro-particle fillers in volume. A comparison of dielectric properties of the 3D printed composite thin-sheet test specimens with and without surface treatment is performed. The composites with the chosen surface treatment exhibit an increment in measured permittivity values, while having insignificant change in measured dielectric loss tangents. The newly prepared filaments were used to print a Ku band dielectric waveguide (DWG), which has exhibited an impressive low loss of 0.017 dB/mm at 17.5 GHz.","PeriodicalId":6784,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS)","volume":"18 1","pages":"928-931"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87319866","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}