A 60 GHz Power Amplifier with 10 GHz 1-dB Bandwidth and 13.6% PAE in 65 nm CMOS

Tong WANG; Toshiya MITOMO; Naoko ONO; Shigehito SAIGUSA; Osamu WATANABE

doi:10.1587/transele.E96.C.796

A 60 GHz Power Amplifier with 10 GHz 1-dB Bandwidth and 13.6% PAE in 65 nm CMOS

Tong WANG, Toshiya MITOMO, Naoko ONO, Shigehito SAIGUSA, Osamu WATANABE

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A four-stage power amplifier (PA) with 10 GHz 1-dB bandwidth (56–66 GHz) is presented. The broadband performance is achieved owing to π-section interstage matching network. Three-stage-current-reuse topology is proposed to enhance efficiency. The amplifier has been fabricated in 65 nm digital CMOS. 18 dB power gain and 9.6 dBm saturated power (Psat) are achieved at 60 GHz. The PA consumes current of 50 mA at 1.2 V supply voltage, and has a peak power-added efficiency (PAE) of 13.6%. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this work shows the highest PAE among the reported CMOS PAs that covers the worldwide 9 GHz ISM millimeter-wave band with less-than-1.2 V supply voltage.

Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E96-C No.6 pp.796-803

Publication Date: 2013/06/01

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Online ISSN: 1745-1353

DOI: 10.1587/transele.E96.C.796

Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Analog Circuits and Related SoC Integration Technologies)

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Tong WANG
  Toshiba Corporation
Toshiya MITOMO
  Toshiba Corporation
Naoko ONO
  Toshiba Corporation
Shigehito SAIGUSA
  Toshiba Corporation
Osamu WATANABE
  Toshiba Corporation

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broadband amplifiers, millimeter wave integrated circuits, power amplifiers

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Tong WANG, Toshiya MITOMO, Naoko ONO, Shigehito SAIGUSA, Osamu WATANABE, "A 60 GHz Power Amplifier with 10 GHz 1-dB Bandwidth and 13.6% PAE in 65 nm CMOS" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics, vol. E96-C, no. 6, pp. 796-803, June 2013, doi: 10.1587/transele.E96.C.796.
Abstract: A four-stage power amplifier (PA) with 10 GHz 1-dB bandwidth (56–66 GHz) is presented. The broadband performance is achieved owing to π-section interstage matching network. Three-stage-current-reuse topology is proposed to enhance efficiency. The amplifier has been fabricated in 65 nm digital CMOS. 18 dB power gain and 9.6 dBm saturated power (Psat) are achieved at 60 GHz. The PA consumes current of 50 mA at 1.2 V supply voltage, and has a peak power-added efficiency (PAE) of 13.6%. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this work shows the highest PAE among the reported CMOS PAs that covers the worldwide 9 GHz ISM millimeter-wave band with less-than-1.2 V supply voltage.
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