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A 60 GHz eight-element phased-array receiver front-end in 0.25 µm SiGe BiCMOS technology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2012

Mohamed Elkhouly ,
Chang-Soon Choi ,
Srdjan Glisic ,
Frank Ellinger  and
J. Christoph Scheytt
Mohamed Elkhouly*
Affiliation:
IHP, Im Technologiepark 25, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. Phone: +493355625573
Chang-Soon Choi
Affiliation:
NTT DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Europe GmbH, Munich, Germany
Srdjan Glisic
Affiliation:
IHP, Im Technologiepark 25, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. Phone: +493355625573
Frank Ellinger
Affiliation:
Electrical Engineering Department, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
J. Christoph Scheytt
Affiliation:
Heinz Nixdorf Institute, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
*
Corresponding author: M. Elkhouly Email: elkhouly@ihp-microelectronics.com
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Abstract

This paper presents the design of an eight-element 60 GHz phased-array receiver chip with interference mitigation capability, fabricated in 0.25 μm SiGe BiCMOS technology. Each receiver element contains a low noise amplifier (LNA) and a vector-modulator that supports high-resolution amplitude and phase control. A fully differential power combining network follows the eight elements. The chip also includes an active power divider, a down conversion mixer, and fully integrated 48 GHz PLL to demonstrate the IF down-conversion. With LNA, a phase shifter and hybrid active and passive power combining network, each receiver path achieves 18 dB of gain, 360° phase shift in steps less than 3°, 20 dB amplitude control, and 4 GHz 3 dB-bandwidth and input referred 1 dB compression point P1 dB of each element is of −22 dBm. Each receiver element dissipates in total 132 mW. The phased-array receiver shows more than 25 dB of signal to interference noise ratio, by means of amplitude and phase control.

Keywords

Smart AntennasDigital Beam FormaingMIMOLow Noise and Communication Receivers60 Hz phased arrays
Type
Research Papers
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International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 4 , Issue 6 , December 2012 , pp. 579 - 594
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2012

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