A 60 Ghz CMOS Power Amplifier based on an Equivalent Substrate Model for Microstrip

Shichang Chen; Gaofeng Wang; Quan Xue

doi:10.1109/iWEM.2016.7505008

A 60 Ghz CMOS Power Amplifier based on an Equivalent Substrate Model for Microstrip

Shichang Chen, Gaofeng Wang, Quan Xue

State Key Laboratory of Terahertz and Millimeter Waves (City University of Hong Kong)

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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A 60 GHz fully differential power amplifier (PA) based on microstrip line (MSL) is presented in this paper. To accelerate design and characterization in EDA simulators circuit simulations, an equivalent substrate model extraction method for MSL is introduced. A differential three-stage cascode PA prototype is implemented in 65-nm bulk CMOS process for demonstration. The proposed PA has a 3-dB bandwidth ranging from 50 to 61 GHz, and generates saturation output power of 11.7 dBm with 20 dB gain, at 60 GHz. The test and simulation results agree well, indicating the effectiveness of the extracted model. This MSL model based design approach will pave a quick way for millimeter-wave power amplifier designs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE International Workshop on Electromagnetics
Subtitle of host publication	Applications and Student Innovation Competition (iWEM)
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467381949
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/iWEM.2016.7505008
Publication status	Published - Jul 2016
Event	2016 IEEE International Workshop on Electromagnetics (iWEM2016): Applications and Student Innovation Competition - Nanjing university of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China Duration: 16 May 2016 → 18 May 2016 http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.html?Conf_ID=36662

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Conference	2016 IEEE International Workshop on Electromagnetics (iWEM2016): Applications and Student Innovation Competition
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City	Nanjing
Period	16/05/16 → 18/05/16
Internet address	http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.html?Conf_ID=36662

Research Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits
microstrip antennas
power amplifiers
CMOS power amplifier
CMOS process
MSL
PA
differential power amplifier
equivalent substrate model
equivalent substrate model extraction method
microstrip line
millimeter wave power amplifier designs
Decision support systems
Frequency measurement
Gain measurement
Power measurement
Semiconductor device modeling
Solid modeling

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Chen, S., Wang, G., & Xue, Q. (2016). A 60 Ghz CMOS Power Amplifier based on an Equivalent Substrate Model for Microstrip. In 2016 IEEE International Workshop on Electromagnetics: Applications and Student Innovation Competition (iWEM) Article 7505008 (IEEE International Workshop on Electromagnetics, Applications and Student Innovation (iWEM)). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/iWEM.2016.7505008

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Chen, S, Wang, G & Xue, Q 2016, A 60 Ghz CMOS Power Amplifier based on an Equivalent Substrate Model for Microstrip. in 2016 IEEE International Workshop on Electromagnetics: Applications and Student Innovation Competition (iWEM)., 7505008, IEEE International Workshop on Electromagnetics, Applications and Student Innovation (iWEM), IEEE, 2016 IEEE International Workshop on Electromagnetics (iWEM2016): Applications and Student Innovation Competition, Nanjing, China, 16/05/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/iWEM.2016.7505008

A 60 Ghz CMOS Power Amplifier based on an Equivalent Substrate Model for Microstrip. / Chen, Shichang; Wang, Gaofeng; Xue, Quan.
2016 IEEE International Workshop on Electromagnetics: Applications and Student Innovation Competition (iWEM). IEEE, 2016. 7505008 (IEEE International Workshop on Electromagnetics, Applications and Student Innovation (iWEM)).

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