Cryogenic W-Band SiGe BiCMOS low-noise amplifier

Mikko Varonen; Nima Sheikhipoor; Bekari Gabritchidze; Kieran Cleary; Henrik Forsten; Holger Rucker; Mehmet Kaynak

doi:10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9223922

Cryogenic W-Band SiGe BiCMOS low-noise amplifier

Mikko Varonen^*
, Nima Sheikhipoor
, Bekari Gabritchidze
, Kieran Cleary
, Henrik Forsten
, Holger Rucker
, Mehmet Kaynak

^*Corresponding author for this work

California Institute of Technology
Leibniz Institut für innovative Mikroelektronik (IHP)

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Abstract

In this paper we present the design, modeling, and on-wafer measurement results of an ultra- wideband cryogenically cooled SiGe low-noise amplifier covering at least 71 to 116 GHz. When cryogenically cooled to 20 K and measured on wafer the SiGe amplifier shows 95-116-K noise temperature from 77 to 116 GHz. This means 6 to 7 times improvement in noise temperature compared to room temperature noise. The measured gain is around 20 dB for frequency range of 71 to 116 GHz with unprecedented low power consumption of 2.8 mW. To the best of authors' knowledge, this is the highest frequency cryogenic SiGe low-noise amplifier and lowest noise performance for silicon amplifiers for W-band renorted to date.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IMS 2020
Subtitle of host publication	2020 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	185-188
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-7281-6815-9
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-6816-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9223922
Publication status	Published - Aug 2020
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	2020 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2020: Online - Virtual, Los Angeles, United States Duration: 4 Aug 2020 → 6 Aug 2020

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Series	IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium
Volume	2020-August
ISSN	0149-645X

Conference

Conference	2020 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2020
Abbreviated title	IMS 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Los Angeles
Period	4/08/20 → 6/08/20

Funding

ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work was supported through the Academy of Finland under projects MIDERI, HISENS, and MilliRad (decision no 310234, 310879, and 314541, respectively).

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits
Cryogenics
Heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBT)
Low-noise amplifiers (LNA)
MMICs
Silicon germanium (SiGe)

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