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    Luca Steinweg Headshot
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    Luca Steinweg
    Affiliation
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    Technische Universität Dresden
    Country
    Country
    Germany
    Author(s)
    Display Name
    Luca Steinweg
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Technische Universität Dresden
    Display Name
    Corrado Carta
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Technische Universität Dresden
    Display Name
    Frank Ellinger
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Technische Universität Dresden
    Abstract

    In this research paper, a mm-wave up-conversion mixer with very wide bandwidth is investigated. With most reported designs in the mm-wave range operating at small relative bandwidths, the large potential for data transmission speeds is not harnessed. With this, more spectrally efficient high-order modulation schemes become necessary which require complex digital-to-analog circuits and digital processing, resulting in high DC-power consumption.We study a concept that provides a very large RF bandwidth; this is achieved optimizing the input and output matching networks as well as the order of feeding LO and IF signal. To prove the concept, a chip was implemented in a 130nm SiGe BiCMOS technology. With 27.2mW of DC power, a conversion gain of -13 dB is combined with suppressing the LO and third harmonic signal by 20.7 dB and 22.1 dB respectively. At 103.9 GHz of RF bandwidth around a center frequency of 245 GHz, the state of the art is advanced by 23 %. This circuit can enable BPSK operation at transfer speeds higher than 100 Gbps.

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    • A 100-GHz-RF-Bandwidth Up-Conversion Mixer in 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS (application/pdf)