60 GHz amplifier employing slow-wave transmission lines in 65-nm CMOS

Norchip - 26th Norchip Conference, Formal Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 21-24

  Sandström, Dan ^a   Varonen, Mikko ^a   Kärkkäinen, Mikko ^a   Halonen, Kari ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES;

3 DB BANDWIDTHS; AMPLIFIER DESIGNS; CMOS TECHNOLOGIES; COMPRESSION POINTS; CURRENT CONSUMPTION; POWER GAINS; SLOW WAVES; TRANSMISSION LINES;

WAVE TRANSMISSION;

EID: 62949120749     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NORCHP.2008.4738275     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (9)

1. C. H. Doan, S. Emami, A. M. Niknejad, and R. W. Brodersen, "Millimeter-Wave CMOS Design," IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 144-155, 2005.
2. T. S. D. Cheung, J. R. Long, K. Vaed, R. Volant, A. Chinthakindi, C. M. Schnabel, J. Florkey, and K. Stein, "On-chip interconnect for mm-wave applications using an all-copper technology and wavelength reduction," Proc. IEEE Intl. Solid-State Circuits Conf., Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 396-501 vol.1, 2003.
3. W. Eisenstadt and Y. Eo, "S-parameter-based IC interconnect transmission line characterization," IEEE Trans. Comp., Hybrids, Manufact. Technol., vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 483-490, Aug 1992.
4. M. Varonen, M. Kärkkäinen, and K. A. I. Halonen, "Millimeter-wave amplifiers in 65-nm CMOS," in Proc. European Solid-State Circuits Conf., 2007, pp. 280-283.
5. E. Cohen, S. Ravid, and D. Ritter, "An ultra low power LNA with 15dB gain and 4.4db NF in 90nm CMOS process for 60 GHz phase array radio," Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC). IEEE, pp. 61-64, April 2008.
6. S. Pellerano, Y. Palaskas, and K. Soumyanath, "A 64GHz 6.5 dB NF 15.5 dB gain LNA in 90nm CMOS," in Proc. European Solid-State Circuits Conf., 2007, pp. 352-355.
7. B. Martineau, A. Cathelin, F. Danneville, A. Kaiser, G. Dambrine, S. Lepilliet, F. Gianesello, and D. Belot, "80 GHz Low Noise Amplifiers in 65nm CMOS SOI," in Proc. European Solid-State Circuits Conf., 2007, pp. 348-351.
8. T. Vähä-Heikkilä, M. Lahdes, M. Kantanen, T. Karttaavi, and J. Tuovinen, "Very Wideband automated On-Wafer noise figure and Gain measurements At 50-110 GHz," The European Gallium Arsenide & related III-V Compounds Applications Symposium, pp. 233-236, Sep 2002.
9. A. Sayag, S. Levin, D. Regev, D. Zfira, S. Shapira, D. Goren, and D. Ritter, "A 25 GHz 3.3 dB NF Low Noise Amplifier based upon Slow Wave Transmission Lines and the 0.18 μm CMOS Technology," in IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, 2008, pp. 373-376.