@inproceedings{603785e95ea2483bb19ff8a1ccabe54d,
title = "A 135-155 GHz 9.7%/16.6% DC-RF/DC-EIRP Efficiency Frequency Multiply-by-9 FMCW Transmitter in 28 nm CMOS",
abstract = "A low-power and high efficiency 135-155 GHz FMCW radar transmitter (TX) in 28 nm CMOS is presented. Starting from a 16 GHz signal, the x9 frequency multiplier chain proposes phase-controlled frequency triplers at D-band and V-band exploiting phase aligned harmonic generation for high efficiency, conversion gain and output power, avoiding the use of power-hungry buffer stages. The PA proposes a wideband maximum achievable gain (Gmax) core to mitigate the gain limitation of D-band amplifiers. The design integrates an on-chip antenna and an optimized PA to antenna interface. The TX achieves a EIRP of 9.4 dBm with 9.7%/16.6% DC-RF/DC-EIRP efficiency which is the highest among the state-of-the-art D-band frequency multiplier chains multiplying more than four.",
keywords = "D-band transmitter, Frequency tripler, G-core",
author = "Sehoon Park and Park, {Dae Woong} and Kristof Vaesen and Anirudh Kankuppe and {Van Liempd}, Barend and Piet Wambacq and Jan Craninckx",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 IEEE.; 2021 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2021 ; Conference date: 20-06-2021 Through 25-06-2021",
year = "2021",
month = jun,
day = "7",
doi = "10.1109/RFIC51843.2021.9490510",
language = "English",
series = "Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "15--18",
booktitle = "2021 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2021",
address = "United States",
}