A K-band integrated super-regenerative amplifier (SRA) in a 130nm SiGe BiCMOS technology is designed and characterized. The circuit is based on a novel stacked transistor differential cross-coupled oscillator topology, with a controllable tail current for quenching the oscillations. The fabricated integrated circuit (IC) occupies an area of 0.63mm2, and operates at the free-running center frequency of 25.3 GHz. Characterization results show circuit operation from a minimum input power
level required for a phase coherent output as −110 dBm, and the input power level corresponding to the linear to logarithmic mode transition of −85 dBm, the lowest reported for K-band integrated logarithmic mode SRAs to date to the knowledge
of the authors. The measured output power is 7.8dBm into a 100 differential load. The power consumption of the circuit is 110mW with no quench signal applied, and 38mW with 30 % duty cycle quenching. The quench waveform designed for the
reported measurement result is also discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:35127 |
| Date | 22 August 2019 |
| Creators | Thayyil, Manu Viswambharan, Li, Songhui, Joram, Niko, Ellinger, Frank |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 1531-1309, 1558-1764, 10.1109/LMWC.2018.2839063, info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/Europäische Kommission/Horizon2020/636286//Lynceus2Market An innovative people localisation system for safe evacuation of large passenger ships/Lynceus2Market |
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