A Compact and High-Linearity 140-160 GHz Active Phase Shifter in 55 nm BiCMOS

David Del Rio, Iñaki Gurutzeaga, Roc Berenguer, Ismo Huhtinen, Juan Francisco Sevillano

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    Abstract

    This letter presents the design of a 140-160 GHz vector-modulator-type phase shifter, integrated in a 55-nm BiCMOS technology. The circuit is optimized to minimize the occupied area and maximize the linearity, facilitating its integration in D-band phased arrays. Test results show an average insertion loss of 4.5 dB, an OP 1 dB of-3.7 dBm, and rms gain/phase errors lower than 1.4 dB and 7.5°. The circuit core occupies 0.05 mm2, consuming less than 66 mW of dc power.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number9266100
    Pages (from-to)157-160
    JournalIEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
    Volume31
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Feb 2021
    MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

    Funding

    Manuscript received September 2, 2020; revised October 26, 2020; accepted November 3, 2020. Date of publication November 23, 2020; date of current version February 11, 2021. This work was supported in part by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant 761390, acronym: DREAM and in part by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness under Grant PID2019-109984RB-C44, acronym: milliRAD. (Corresponding author: David del Rio.) David del Rio, Iñaki Gurutzeaga, and Juan Francisco Sevillano are with the CEIT-Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), 20018 Donostia -San Sebastian, Spain, and also with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Technological Campus of the University of Navarra (TECNUN), 20018 Donostia - San Sebastian, Spain (e-mail: [email protected]).

    Keywords

    • BiCMOS
    • millimeter-wave (mmW)
    • phase shifter (PS)
    • radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC)

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