{"title":"Miniaturized Filtering Wilkinson Power Divider With Hyper-Wide Stopband/Isolated Band by Overcoupling Principle","authors":"Wei Sheng Tang;Yi-Ming Zhang;Shao Yong Zheng","doi":"10.1109/LMWT.2024.3450906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2024.3450906","url":null,"abstract":"This letter presents an elegant method to implement a two-way two-stage filtering Wilkinson power divider (FWPD) with a hyper-wide stopband and isolated bandwidth. Stepped-impedance resonators (SIRs) are used in the proposed FWPD. By simply designing a few parameters, multiple spurious bands can be naturally overcoupled (suppressed) while achieving the desired passband specification. Wide stopband and isolated band are attained together with low design complexity. For validation, an FWPD is designed, fabricated, and measured. The measured results suggest a 20-dB stopband of \u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$24.04~f_{0}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000 and a 20-dB isolation bandwidth of beyond \u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$27.5~f_{0}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000, with a compact size of \u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$0.008~lambda _{g}^{2}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000.","PeriodicalId":73297,"journal":{"name":"IEEE microwave and wireless technology letters","volume":"34 12","pages":"1323-1326"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142789096","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 253-μW 2.4-GHz SAW-Less Mixer-First Uncertain-IF Receiver With Blocker Tolerant for Long-Distance Ultralow-Power IoT","authors":"Zheng Shen;Yuxiao Zhao;Hao Min","doi":"10.1109/LMWT.2024.3468610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2024.3468610","url":null,"abstract":"This letter presents and designs a 2.4-GHz SAW-less uncertain-intermediate frequency (IF) receiver with blocker tolerant for long-distance ultralow-power (ULP) Internet of Things (IoT). By employing RF downconversion followed by noncoherent digital demodulation, the receiver maintains high sensitivity and low power. A free-running oscillator, without a power-hungry phase-locked loop, is used to generate LO with low power. Instead of a costly and bulky external SAW filter, a two-phase passive mixer combined with a low-power transimpedance amplifier (TIA) is adopted by impedance mapping to solve the low robustness to interferers of the uncertain-IF receiver; as a consequence, an equivalent on-chip RF bandpass high-Q filter is obtained to suppress the interference at the RF input and a good balance is obtained between noise figure, power, and blocker tolerance. Fabricated in a 55-nm CMOS process, at 2.4-GHz LO frequency, the receiver has a 21.4-dB rejection ratio for 10-MHz out-of-band (OB) interference, consuming only \u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$253~mu $ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000W under 0.8-V supply with 12.9-dB NF and −6.2-dBm OB-IIP3 at the front end.","PeriodicalId":73297,"journal":{"name":"IEEE microwave and wireless technology letters","volume":"34 12","pages":"1379-1382"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142789116","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}
Yijie Tang;Jun Peng;Songbai He;Fei You;Xinyu Wang;Tianyang Zhong;Yuchen Bian;Bo Pang
{"title":"Bandwidth-Scalable Digital Predistortion Using Multigroup Aggregation Neural Network for PAs","authors":"Yijie Tang;Jun Peng;Songbai He;Fei You;Xinyu Wang;Tianyang Zhong;Yuchen Bian;Bo Pang","doi":"10.1109/LMWT.2024.3464849","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2024.3464849","url":null,"abstract":"A multigroup aggregation neural network (MGANN) model for bandwidth-scalable digital predistortion (DPD) is proposed. The MGANN model introduces a multinetwork structure based on the characteristics of neural networks (NNs) to broaden the bandwidth application range and eliminate the updates online. The proposed structure combines the input layer and the first hidden layer into multiple networks retrieved by means of inertia coefficients. In addition, to improve modeling accuracy, a new input vector is used by introducing the product term of I/Q components and the amplitude of the signal. The experimental results indicate that the proposed model can significantly improve the adjacent channel power ratio (ACPR) within the range of 20–200M with an average of 12.1 dB compared with traditional GMP models when using a fixed set of parameters.","PeriodicalId":73297,"journal":{"name":"IEEE microwave and wireless technology letters","volume":"34 12","pages":"1387-1390"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142789165","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":"Substrate Integrated Waveguide Filtering Crossover With High Isolation Insensitive to Bandwidth","authors":"Wei Shen;Tian-Le Zhou;Jun-Wei Shi;Lin-Sheng Wu","doi":"10.1109/LMWT.2024.3462714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2024.3462714","url":null,"abstract":"A novel substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) filtering crossover with improved isolation insensitive to bandwidth is proposed. Four TE101 -mode SIW cavities and one square SIW cavity operating at two degenerate modes are used to realize the filtering crossover. The symmetrical coupling windows on each side of the square SIW cavity are used to obtain 180° phase difference between input and isolated ports, and then, high isolated level can be obtained, which becomes insensitive to the variation of filter bandwidth. Finally, an SIW filtering crossover sample operating at 20 GHz is designed and fabricated on the standard printed circuit board technology.","PeriodicalId":73297,"journal":{"name":"IEEE microwave and wireless technology letters","volume":"34 11","pages":"1243-1246"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142595142","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}
Bin-Yun Han;Jin Xu;Jia-Hao Su;Ming Zhao;Fang Liu;Hao Wan
{"title":"A Broadband Attenuator Using Dual-Branch Resistors and Microstrip-Line-Loaded Slotline Structure With Improved Attenuation Slope","authors":"Bin-Yun Han;Jin Xu;Jia-Hao Su;Ming Zhao;Fang Liu;Hao Wan","doi":"10.1109/LMWT.2024.3466935","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2024.3466935","url":null,"abstract":"This letter presents a new method for broadband attenuator design, which uses dual-branch resistors and microstrip-line-loaded slotline structure. Resistors are loaded on slotline to achieve attenuation property, and dual-branch configuration and implantable microstrip line in each branch are proposed to improve attenuation slope within broadband when the attenuation amount becomes large. To validate the proposed design method, an 11-stage attenuator is designed and measured, which has a minimum insertion loss of 1.92 dB, a dynamic attenuation range of 20 dB, and a return loss of better than 8.5 dB, within the bandwidth of 2–5 GHz. Moreover, the effect of parasitic inductance in used resistors is also investigated to clarify the attenuation fluctuation of the measured attenuator.","PeriodicalId":73297,"journal":{"name":"IEEE microwave and wireless technology letters","volume":"34 11","pages":"1227-1230"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142594987","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}
Chaowei Yang;Yong Chen;Yunbo Huang;Rui P. Martins;Pui-In Mak
{"title":"A 5.99-GHz VCO With Wideband-Differential-Mode Second Harmonic Resonance Achieving −138.9 dBc/Hz Phase Noise at an Offset of 10 MHz","authors":"Chaowei Yang;Yong Chen;Yunbo Huang;Rui P. Martins;Pui-In Mak","doi":"10.1109/LMWT.2024.3466131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2024.3466131","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) with wideband-differential-mode (DM) second harmonic resonance. It features a single-turn multitap inductor plus a small tail resonator to boost the drain-to-gate voltage gain (\u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$A_{text {V}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000). It also creates intrinsic-high-Q impedance peaks at the fundamental and double oscillation frequencies, which simultaneously achieves phase noise (PN) and 1/\u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>${f} ^{3}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000 PN-corner reduction. Prototyped in 65-nm CMOS, the 5.99-GHz VCO scores a −138.9 dBc/Hz PN at an offset of 10 MHz and consumes 3.17 mW of power with a 0.67 V supply. The achieved figure-of-merit (FoM) values were 177.5, 186.6, and 189.4 dBc/Hz at an offset of 0.1, 1, and 10 MHz, with a 1/\u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>${f} ^{3}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000 PN corner of 400 kHz. Over a 14% tuning range (TR), without any additional harmonic tuning, the VCO upholds a consistent FoM >189 dBc/Hz at an offset of 10 MHz. The core area is 0.465 mm2.","PeriodicalId":73297,"journal":{"name":"IEEE microwave and wireless technology letters","volume":"34 11","pages":"1267-1270"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142595086","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":"Broadband Filtering Power Divider Employing Hybrid Quarter Circular/Cambered SIW Cavity and MSL Resonators","authors":"Ke-Long Sheng;Xiang Wang;Song-Song Qian;Boyu Sima;Zhi-Yuan Zong;Wen Wu","doi":"10.1109/LMWT.2024.3462936","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2024.3462936","url":null,"abstract":"In this letter, a broadband filtering power divider (FPD) based on a quarter circular/cambered substrate integrated waveguide (QCCSIW) cavity and microstrip line (MSL) resonators is proposed. First, a second-order bandpass filter (BPF) is designed based on the arc-shaped coupling of the QCCSIW. Second, a pair of quarter-wavelength (\u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$lambda $ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000/4) MSL resonators are integrated into the QCCSIW cavity to form a fourth-order asymmetric BPF with a pair of transmission zeros (TZs). Finally, a hybrid QCCSIW and MSL FPD with isolation is investigated. For verification, all BPFs and FPD are simulated, fabricated, and measured. The proposed FPD demonstrates a center frequency of 4.99 GHz, a 3-dB fractional bandwidth (FBW) of 37.11% (1.85 GHz), and an insertion loss (IL) of 0.8 dB. The port isolation is greater than 11 dB within the entire passband. Meanwhile, a pair of TZs are generated at 3.62 and 6.35 GHz respectively. The proposed hybrid QCCSIW and MSL FPD possesses an overall size of \u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$1.73times 1.74~lambda _{g}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000, featuring advantages of broad bandwidth, compact size, and superior selectivity.","PeriodicalId":73297,"journal":{"name":"IEEE microwave and wireless technology letters","volume":"34 11","pages":"1247-1250"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142594985","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":"Hetero-Integrated InP RTD-SiGe BiCMOS Source With Fundamental Injection Locking","authors":"E. Mutlu;C. Preuss;F. Vogelsang;R. Kress;J. Bott;B. Sievert;J. Watermann;J. Abts;A. Rennings;D. Erni;N. Pohl;N. Weimann","doi":"10.1109/LMWT.2024.3458196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2024.3458196","url":null,"abstract":"This work shows the hetero-integration of an InP resonant tunneling diode (RTD) on a SiGe-BiCMOS mm-Wave integrated circuit (MMIC) for near-field wireless fundamental injection locking. We observe injection locking within a locking range of 26 GHz and a total power during injection locking of −3.4 dBm. The SiGe-based local oscillator (LO) is integrated with a frequency doubler and an on-chip patch antenna that operates between 220 and 247 GHz, providing a maximum output power of −7 dBm. The LO is near-field coupled to an InP RTD oscillator integrated into a slot antenna which reaches a free running maximum output power of −6.2 dBm. The chip-to-chip integration is carried out through flip-chip bonding.","PeriodicalId":73297,"journal":{"name":"IEEE microwave and wireless technology letters","volume":"34 11","pages":"1278-1281"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10699472","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142594954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A W-Band Bidirectional Vector Switching Phase Shifter Using a Directional Rat-Race Coupler","authors":"Sungwon Kwon;Byung-Wook Min","doi":"10.1109/LMWT.2024.3457316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2024.3457316","url":null,"abstract":"This letter presents a low-loss 360° bidirectional variable gain phase shifter that achieves vector-sum phase shifting without I/Q signal attenuation. The proposed phase shifter exhibits lower insertion loss than conventional designs through a directional rat-race coupler (RRC)-based asymmetric power dividing. Using transistor switches for phase states and double-pole double-throw switches (DPDTs) for variable gain, all the phase-shifted and variable gain states are achieved through separated phase and gain control without calibration. This reduces chip size and simplifies calibration and beamforming by replacing separate phase shifters and attenuators in the transmit (TX) and receive (RX) channels. The proposed phase shifter is fabricated using 28-nm bulk CMOS technology and has a size of 0.16 mm2 excluding pads. At 94 GHz, the root mean square (rms) phase error is 2.5°, rms gain error is 0.5 dB, and measured insertion loss is \u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$13.2~pm ~0.7$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000 dB without dc power consumption.","PeriodicalId":73297,"journal":{"name":"IEEE microwave and wireless technology letters","volume":"34 11","pages":"1255-1258"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142594948","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}
Qinghua Wang;Mei Yang;Qian Chen;Lixia Yang;Yingsong Li;Xiaolin Zhang;Wenquan Che
{"title":"A Compact Dual-Band Rectifier Using Heterofrequency Independent Matching Technology","authors":"Qinghua Wang;Mei Yang;Qian Chen;Lixia Yang;Yingsong Li;Xiaolin Zhang;Wenquan Che","doi":"10.1109/LMWT.2024.3454245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2024.3454245","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents a compact dual-band rectifier using heterofrequency independent matching technology (HIMT) to achieve high conversion efficiency for the application of and wireless power transmission (WPT) systems. The dual-band impedance matching network (IMN) is composed of an L-type matching network and a heterofrequency independent matching network (HIMN). Specifically, the L-type matching network is applied for the fundamental single-band matching and HIMN is applied for the other band matching by employing a series half-wavelength transmission line and a short-ended quarter-wavelength transmission line, which behave as a bandpass structure and is completely independent on the fundamental band matching. In this way, the dual-band rectifier can achieve high efficiency in both two bands and compact size with reduced design difficulty. Theoretical analysis of the dual-band rectifier using HIMN is carried out. For demonstration, a prototype of the dual-band rectifier with a compact size of \u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$17.5 times 15$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000 mm2 is fabricated and measured. The measured results show that the maximum conversion efficiency can maintain 72.8% and 69.0% at 2.45 and 5.6 GHz, respectively, with 10.5 dBm input power.","PeriodicalId":73297,"journal":{"name":"IEEE microwave and wireless technology letters","volume":"34 11","pages":"1286-1289"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142594982","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}