60 GHz SoC/SoP RADIO SYSTEM FOR HIGH DATA-RATE TRANSMISSION

Abstract

We present the 60 GHz CMOS and system-on-package(SoP) research activities in Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology for high data-rate and short-range wireless communication A low-power single-chip resonant frequency CMOS receiver for 60 GHz mobile terminals consists of four-stage current resue LNA. resistive mixer. Ka-band low-phase noise VCO. high-suppression frequency doublet. and two-stage current resue drive amplifiers. The receiver conversion gam and input PIdB are -9 5 dB and -12 5 dBm. respectively, with a size of 2 67 x 0 75 mm(2) and power consumption of 219 mW. The Integration and communication tests of a transmitter/ receiver (Tr/Rx) radio have been demonstrated (it a data tote of 3 Gbps for short-range transmission and with a communication distance of over 3 5 in at 650 Mbps data rate The design and fabrication of mmW subcircuits. such as low-loss transmission lines and transitions with noble air cavity structures, a high-Q resonator using zigzagged dual-row via posts and a /4 short stub, and the monolithic integration of band-pass filter and antennas, have been performed for low-temperature confired ceramic SoP Integration with a size of 37 x 11 mm(2) for the whole Tx or Rx radio (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc Microwave Opt Technol Lett 52 667-073, 2010. Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI 10.1002/mop.25024