A Low-Noise, High-Gain Quasi-Millimeter-Wave Receiver MMIC with a Very High Degree of Integration Using 3D-MMIC Technology

Takana KAHO, Yo YAMAGUCHI, Kazuhiro UEHARA, Kiyomichi ARAKI

Summary :

We present a highly integrated quasi-millimeter-wave receiver MMIC that integrates 22 circuits in a 3 2.3 mm area using three-dimensional MMIC (3D-MMIC) technology. The MMIC achieves low noise (3 dB) and high gain (41 dB) at 26 GHz by using an on-chip image reject filter. It integrates a multiply-by-eight (X8) local oscillator (LO) chain with the IF frequency of the 2.4 GHz band and can use low-cost voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) and demodulators in a 2–3 GHz frequency band. Multilayer inductors contribute to the miniaturization especially in a 2–12 GHz frequency band. Furthermore, it achieves a high dynamic range by using two step attenuators with a new built-in inverter using an N-channel depression field-effect transistor (FET). The power consumption of the MMIC is only 450 mW.

• Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E94-C No.10 pp.1548-1556
• Publication Date: 2011/10/01
• Online ISSN: 1745-1353
• DOI: 10.1587/transele.E94.C.1548
• Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Technology)
• Category: Active Devices and Circuits

Authors

Takana KAHO
Yo YAMAGUCHI
Kazuhiro UEHARA
Kiyomichi ARAKI

Keyword

receiver,  low noise,  3D-MMIC,  fixed wireless access (FWA) system