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A 1V SiGe Power Amplifier for 81-86 GHz E-band

Tired, Tobias LU ; Sjöland, Henrik LU orcid ; Bryant, Carl LU and Törmänen, Markus LU orcid (2013) NORCHIP Conference, 2013 p.1-4
Abstract
This paper presents an architecture for a SiGe E-band power amplifier using a stacked transformers for output power combination. According to simulations, at E-band frequencies, the power combiner consisting of two individual single turn transformers performs significantly better compared to a single common 2:1 transformer with two turns on the secondary side. The power combination allows for a low supply voltage of 1 V, which is beneficial since the supply can be shared between the power amplifier and the transceiver thereby eliminating the need of a separate voltage regulator. To improve the gain of the two-stage amplifier it employs a capacitive cross-coupling technique not yet seen in mm-wave SiGe PAs. The PA is designed in a SiGe... (More)
This paper presents an architecture for a SiGe E-band power amplifier using a stacked transformers for output power combination. According to simulations, at E-band frequencies, the power combiner consisting of two individual single turn transformers performs significantly better compared to a single common 2:1 transformer with two turns on the secondary side. The power combination allows for a low supply voltage of 1 V, which is beneficial since the supply can be shared between the power amplifier and the transceiver thereby eliminating the need of a separate voltage regulator. To improve the gain of the two-stage amplifier it employs a capacitive cross-coupling technique not yet seen in mm-wave SiGe PAs. The PA is designed in a SiGe process with fr = 200 GHz and achieves a power gain of 12dB, a saturated output power of 16dBm and a 14% peak PAE. (Less)
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PA
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pages
4 pages
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
NORCHIP Conference, 2013
conference location
Vilnius, Lithuania
conference dates
2013-11-11 - 2013-11-12
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  • scopus:84893609355
DOI
10.1109/NORCHIP.2013.6702018
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English
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  author       = {{Tired, Tobias and Sjöland, Henrik and Bryant, Carl and Törmänen, Markus}},
  booktitle    = {{[Host publication title missing]}},
  keywords     = {{PA}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{1--4}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{A 1V SiGe Power Amplifier for 81-86 GHz E-band}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/NORCHIP.2013.6702018}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/NORCHIP.2013.6702018}},
  year         = {{2013}},
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