A 180-GHz CMOS down-converter MMIC for atmospheric remote sensing applications

Dristy Parveg; Mikko Varonen; Amirreza Safaripour; Steven Bowers; Tero Tikka; Pekka Kangaslahti; Todd Gaier; Ali Hajimiri; Kari A.I. Halonen

doi:10.1109/SIRF.2017.7874372

A 180-GHz CMOS down-converter MMIC for atmospheric remote sensing applications

Dristy Parveg
, Mikko Varonen
, Amirreza Safaripour
, Steven Bowers
, Tero Tikka
, Pekka Kangaslahti
, Todd Gaier
, Ali Hajimiri
, Kari A.I. Halonen

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Aalto University
California Institute of Technology
University of Virginia

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Abstract

In this paper, we study the feasibility of using CMOS circuit blocks for designing future light weight, small in size atmospheric remote sensing receivers. A compact CMOS down-converter is designed which operates from 160 to 188 GHz and includes a sub-harmonically pumped I/Q resistive mixer, two IF amplifiers and a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) with LO buffer. A measured down-conversion gain of +2.6 dB is achieved with a total dc power consumption of 152 mW using the nominal supply of +1.2 V. The measurement results show a 3 dB IF bandwidth from 1 to 5 GHz and the VCO tuning range is from 85 to 89 GHz. The designed CMOS MMIC down-converter including the probing pads occupies a silicon area of 0.575 mm².

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SiRF 2017 - 2017 IEEE 17th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	64-67
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509052363
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SIRF.2017.7874372
Publication status	Published - 8 Mar 2017
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	17th IEEE Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, SiRF 2017 - Phoenix, United States Duration: 15 Jan 2017 → 18 Jan 2017

Publication series

Series	Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems

Conference

Conference	17th IEEE Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, SiRF 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Phoenix
Period	15/01/17 → 18/01/17

Funding

This work was supported by the Academy of Finland through the FAMOS project and Postdoctoral research post, in part by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and Finnish funding agency for innovation (TEKES) under the 5WAVE project. The measurement was carried out at Millilab, the Millimeter-wave laboratory of Finland and external laboratory of ESA.

Keywords

Amplifier
CMOS integrated circuit
I/Q
image-rejection
millimeter-wave integrated circuit
mixers
MMIC
remote sensing
sub-harmonic
VCO

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Parveg, D., Varonen, M., Safaripour, A., Bowers, S., Tikka, T., Kangaslahti, P., Gaier, T., Hajimiri, A., & Halonen, K. A. I. (2017). A 180-GHz CMOS down-converter MMIC for atmospheric remote sensing applications. In SiRF 2017 - 2017 IEEE 17th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (pp. 64-67). Article 7874372 IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/SIRF.2017.7874372

Parveg, Dristy ; Varonen, Mikko ; Safaripour, Amirreza et al. / A 180-GHz CMOS down-converter MMIC for atmospheric remote sensing applications. SiRF 2017 - 2017 IEEE 17th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2017. pp. 64-67 (Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems).

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