Frequency Doubler for 77 GHz Radar with 14 dB Conversion Gain and 7.3 % Efficiency in 22 nm FDSOI

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Abstract

A frequency doubler is designed to provide the local oscillator signal to a 77 GHz automotive radar system in 22 nm fully-depleted silicon on insulator (FDSOI) CMOS. Circuit design techniques such as Gm-boosted cascode, inductive peaking and load-pull/source-pull optimization is used to increase the conversion gain (CG) and output power of the circuit without requiring additional dc power. The back-gate control feature of the FDSOI process is employed as well for CG boosting. The frequency doubler delivers up to 5.5 dBm of output power in the 76–81 GHz band at a maximum power added efficiency (PAE) of 7.3 %. To the best knowledge of the authors, the peak conversion gain of 14 dB is among the highest reported for doublers in CMOS operating in the frequency range of the 77 GHz radar.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAsia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) 2022
PublisherIEEE
Pages369-371
Number of pages3
ISBN (print)978-1-6654-5108-6
Publication statusPublished - 2 Dec 2022
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title2022 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC)
Duration29 November - 2 December 2022
LocationYokohama, Japan

External IDs

Scopus 85146663293
ORCID /0000-0002-6032-2576/work/142238521
ORCID /0000-0003-1177-8750/work/142252584

Keywords

Research priority areas of TU Dresden

Keywords

  • Microwave measurement, Semiconductor device measurement, Silicon-on-insulator, Radar, Frequency conversion, Frequency measurement, Gain