A D-Band Multiplier-Based OOK Transceiver With Supplementary Transistor Modeling in 65-nm Bulk CMOS Technology

• Published in: IEEE access 2019, Vol.7, p.7783-7793
• Main Authors: Suh, Bohee, Lee, Hyunkyu, Kim, Sooyeon, Jeon, Sanggeun
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Chips (electronics); Circuit design; CMOS; D-band; Data transmission; Differential amplifiers; Envelope detection; Integrated circuit modeling; Keying; low-cost bulk CMOS; Millimeter waves; Modelling; OOK; Power amplifiers; Power consumption; Receivers; Semiconductor device modeling; Semiconductor devices; Silicon; transceiver; Transceivers; transistor modeling; Transistors; Transmitters; Wireless communication
• ISSN: 2169-3536; 2169-3536
• DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2889165

A D-band on-off keying (OOK) transceiver chipset is fabricated in a 65-nm bulk CMOS technology as a low-cost and highly integrative solution to short-distance wireless connectivity. Supplementary transistor modeling is performed for accurate circuit design at mm-wave frequencies. To overcome low transistor \text{f}_{\mathrm {max}} and reduce dc power consumption, the transmitter employs a frequency-multiplier-based architecture with no power amplifier. The receiver adopts a non-coherent architecture consisting of a dc-coupled three-stage differential amplifier and an envelope detector. The OOK transmitter exhibits a measured output power of −9.8 dBm and an on-off level difference of 13.2 dB at 134.1 GHz. The receiver shows a measured average responsivity of 4.1 kV/W and a noise equivalent power of 211.4 pW/Hz 1/2 over all D-band frequencies. The dc power consumption of the transmitter and the receiver is 76 and 32.5 mW, respectively. The transceiver is tested in both on-chip loopback and air-channel configurations and demonstrates data transmission up to 10 and 2 Gb/s at a distance of 0.03 m, respectively.