@inproceedings{c91c96fb49de4761b69504529c401bcd,
title = "A 314 GHz, fully-integrated SiGe transmitter and receiver with integrated antenna",
abstract = "We present a 314 GHz transmitter and receiver chipset which is implemented in an advanced SiGe HBT platform, and which has on-chip antennas. The transmitter uses an active antenna structure, where the generated on-chip signal is directly fed into the antenna. The receiver consists of a novel sub-harmonic resistive mixer with an on-chip high-power differential signal source feeding the LO port. A test link which directly connects the transmitter to the receiver was also implemented as a reference for characterization. This reference circuit enables a simple and accurate measurement method for conversion loss and antenna gain by omitting external high frequency signal sources. To further facilitate the characterization, the utilized on-chip signals were implemented and tested separately as well. The receiver achieves 22.5 dB conversion loss and the transmitter generates a signal power of -8 dBm at 314 GHz. On-die end-fire antennas were designed for both transmit and receive paths, and utilize a substrate etching technology to boost performance. This work demonstrates the feasibility of fully-integrated and compact sub-mmW transceiver implementations using SiGe technology.",
keywords = "SOC, SiGe, TRX, Terahertz, on-chip antenna, oscillator, sub-harmonic mixer",
author = "Saeed Zeinolabedinzadeh and Mehmet Kaynak and Wasif Khan and Mahmoud Kamarei and Bernd Tillack and John Papapolymerou and Cressler, {John D.}",
year = "2014",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1109/RFIC.2014.6851742",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781479938629",
series = "Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "361--364",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2014",
note = "2014 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2014 ; Conference date: 01-06-2014 Through 03-06-2014",
}