2007 Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference
Psuedo-Millimeter-Wave Up-Conversion Mixer with On-Chip Balun for Vehicular Radar Systems
Yokohama
January 23-January 26
ISBN: 1-4244-0629-3
A low-power, fully integrated 20-26 GHz broadband up-conversion mixer implemented with on-chip Marchand baluns is demonstrated on 90nm CMOS technology in this paper. The baluns employ capacitive coupling between two metal layers and include slotted shields to reduce substrate losses. At 22.1 GHz, the integrated mixer achieves a conversion gain of 2 dB with a maximum power dissipation of only 11.1mW from a 1.2V dc power supply at LO power of 5 dBm.
Index Terms:
1.2 V, pseudomillimeter-wave up-conversion mixer, vehicular radar systems, broadband up-conversion mixer, on-chip Marchand baluns, CMOS technology, capacitive coupling, reduced substrate losses, integrated mixer, 20 to 26 GHz, 2 dB, 11.1 mW, 90 nm
Citation:
Ivan C.H. Ivan Chee Hong Lai, M. Fujishima, "Psuedo-Millimeter-Wave Up-Conversion Mixer with On-Chip Balun for Vehicular Radar Systems," asp-dac, pp.106-107, 2007 Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, 2007