Dual-Polarized Antenna Arrays with CMOS Power Amplifiers for SiP Integration at W-Band

作者：Giese Malte^*; Vehring Soenke; Boeck Georg; Jacob Arne F

来源：Frequenz, 2017, 71(9-10): 463-472.

DOI：10.1515/freq-2017-0162

• antenna arrays
• CMOS integrated circuits
• millimeter wave communication
• stereolithography
• polarization multiplex
• power amplifiers

This paper presents requirements and front-end solutions for low-cost communication systems with data rates of 100 Gbit/s. Link budget analyses in different massmarket applications are conducted for that purpose. It proposes an implementation of the front-end as an active antenna array with support for beam steering and polarization multiplexing over the full W-band. The critical system components are investigated and presented. This applies to a transformer coupled power amplifier (PA) in 40nm bulk CMOS. It shows saturated output power of more than 10dBm and power-added-efficiency of more than 10% over the full W-band. Furthermore, the performance of microstrip-to-waveguide transitions is shown exemplarily as an important part of the active antenna as it interfaces active circuitry and antenna in a polymer-and-metal process. The transition test design shows less than 0.9 dB insertion loss and more than 12 dB return loss for the differential transition over the full W-band.

• 出版日期2017-9