Abstract:
This paper reports a wideband power amplifier (PA) for 77 GHz automobile radar and 94 GHz image radar systems in 90 nm CMOS process. The PA comprises a two-stage common-s...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
This paper reports a wideband power amplifier (PA) for 77 GHz automobile radar and 94 GHz image radar systems in 90 nm CMOS process. The PA comprises a two-stage common-source (CS) cascaded input stage, followed by a two-way cascode gain stage using miniature zero-degree two-way divider and combiner, and a four-way CS output stage using miniature zero-degree four-way divider and combiner. At each branch's input terminal (i.e. drain terminal of the parallel CS output stage), the miniature zero-degree four-way combiner can convert the serial RL load to the optimal load impedance (corresponds to the optimal output power (Pout) and power-added efficiency (PAE)) of the output stage transistors. The PA achieves power gain of 23.9, 24.1 and 20.4 dB, respectively, at 71, 77 and 94 GHz. In addition, the PA achieves Pout of 12.3, 12.2 and 9.7 dBm, respectively, at 71, 77 and 94 GHz. The maximal PAE (PAEmax) is 18.2%, 17.3% and 8.9%, respectively, at 71, 77 and 94 GHz.
Published in: 2018 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)
Date of Conference: 15-18 January 2018
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 01 March 2018
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Electronic ISSN: 2164-2974