Analysis and design of transformer-based CMOS ultra-wideband millimeter-wave circuits for wireless applications: a review

Yi-ming YU; Kai KANG

doi:10.1631/FITEE.1900491

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Analysis and design of transformer-based CMOS ultra-wideband millimeter-wave circuits for wireless applications: a review

Special Issue on Evolution and Innovation of Antenna Systems for Beyond 5G and 6G | Updated：2022-05-19

- Analysis and design of transformer-based CMOS ultra-wideband millimeter-wave circuits for wireless applications: a review
- 基于变压器CMOS超宽带毫米波电路分析与设计综述
- Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering Vol. 21, Issue 1, Pages: 97-115(2020)
- Affiliations：
  
  School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
- Author bio：
  
  Kai KANG, E-mail: kangkai@uestc.edu.cn
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1631/FITEE.1900491
  CLC： TN92;TN43
- Received：12 September 2019，
  
  Revised：2020-;1-27，
  
  Published：2020-01
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Yi-ming YU, Kai KANG. Analysis and design of transformer-based CMOS ultra-wideband millimeter-wave circuits for wireless applications: a review[J]. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 2020, 21(1): 97-115.
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Yi-ming YU, Kai KANG. Analysis and design of transformer-based CMOS ultra-wideband millimeter-wave circuits for wireless applications: a review[J]. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 2020, 21(1): 97-115. DOI： 10.1631/FITEE.1900491.

摘要

近年来，由于大量毫米波无线应用的产生，具有更强通用性的宽带毫米波电路和系统引起广泛关注。总结了4种基于片上变压器结构超宽带毫米波电路的理论分析、设计方法和综合性能。其一为毫米波低噪声放大器，采用基于变压器的跨导增强和极点调谐技术；通过采用这两种技术，该电路同时实现了较大工作带宽、低噪声系数和良好功率增益。其二为毫米波注入锁定三倍频器，采用注入电流增强技术，有效拓展了倍频器的锁定带宽。进一步，采用类似注入锁定技术结合变压器高阶谐振腔方案，实现了一款超宽带毫米波注入锁定分频器。最后，介绍了一款E波段上混频器，其采用两路跨导并联结构和基于变压器的多极点负载，实现了优异线性度和较大工作带宽。

Abstract

With a lot of millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) applications being issued

wideband circuits and systems have attracted much attention because of their strong applicability and versatility. In this paper

four transformer-based ultra-wideband mm-Wave circuits demonstrated in CMOS technologies are reviewed from theoretical analysis

implementation

to performance. First

we introduce a mm-Wave low-noise amplifier with transformer-based Gm-boosting and pole-tuning techniques. It achieves wide operating bandwidth

low noise figure

and good gain performance. Second

we review an injection-current-boosting technique which can significantly increase the locking range of mm-Wave injection-locked frequency triplers. Based on the injection- locked principle

we also discuss an ultra-wideband mm-Wave divider with the transformer-based high-order resonator. Finally

an E-band up-conversion mixer is presented; using the two-path transconductance stage and transformer-based load

it obtains good linearity and a large operating band.

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