Title: 60-GHz Direct-Conversion Transceiver on 130-nm CMOS with Integrated Digital Control Interface B. N. Wicks, C. M. Ta, F. Zhang, P. Nadagouda, B. Yang, Z. Liu, Y. Mo, K. Wang, T. Walsh, G. Felic, R. J. Evans, I. Mareels, and E. Skafidas National ICT
160-GHz Direct-Conversion Transceiver on 130-nm
CMOS with Integrated Digital Control
InterfaceB. N. Wicks, C. M. Ta, F. Zhang, P.
Nadagouda, B. Yang, Z. Liu, Y. Mo, K. Wang, T.
Walsh, G. Felic, R. J. Evans, I. Mareels, and E.
SkafidasNational ICT Australia
(NICTA)Department of Electrical and Electronic
Engineering The University of Melbourne
2Outline
- Introduction
- Transceiver architecture
- Experimental results
- Conclusions and future works
3Introduction
- High data-rate applications
- Peer-to-peer between portable devices gt 3 Gbps
- PC connectivity for portable devices
- HDMI cable replacement up to 10 Gbps
- 60-GHz wireless communications
- Unlicensed band
- 7 GHz of bandwidth
- Low-cost semiconductor technology
- CMOS
4Transceiver architecture
- Direct-conversion architecture
5Digital Control Interface (DCI)
- Advanced CMOS technology
- Shorter channel-length, lower power supply
voltage, faster, more power efficient circuits - Analog/RF circuits become more sensitive to PVT
variation - Digital techniques to compensate PVT effect
6Performance - Transmitter
- Power consumption 515 mW
- Output power 6.5 dBm
7Performance - Receiver
- Power consumption 54 mW
- Noise figure 11 dB
- iIP3 -13.7 dBm
- Maximum conversion gain 8.1 dB
8Demonstration
FPGA board
9Conclusions
- Integrated 60-GHz transceiver
- 130-nm CMOS
- Digital control interface
- Demonstration
10Future works
- 65-nm CMOS
- Phased-array Tx and Rx
- Wire-bond and flip-chip
- RF-ESD
1160-GHz Direct-Conversion Transceiver on 130-nm
CMOS with Integrated Digital Control
InterfaceB. N. Wicks, C. M. Ta, F. Zhang, P.
Nadagouda, B. Yang, Z. Liu, Y. Mo, K. Wang, T.
Walsh, G. Felic, R. J. Evans, I. Mareels, and E.
SkafidasNational ICT Australia
(NICTA)Department of Electrical and Electronic
Engineering The University of Melbourne