A 53 GHz Single Chip Receiver for Geostationary Atmospheric Measurements

This paper presents the design and characterization of a multifunctional receiver with integrated ×4 frequency multiplier for the LO generation, image reject mixer and low noise amplifier into a single chip MMIC. Noise figure has been measured to 4.6 dB and power consumption to 140 mW. The image rej...

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Published in2011 IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium (CSICS) pp. 1 - 4
Main Authors Gavell, M., Ferndahl, M., Gunnarsson, S. E., Zirath, H.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.10.2011
Subjects
53 GHz
Frequency measurement
GaAs
Gain
mHEMT
MMIC
Multi-function
Noise figure
Point-to-point
Radio frequency
Radiometer
Receivers
Semiconductor device measurement
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Summary:This paper presents the design and characterization of a multifunctional receiver with integrated ×4 frequency multiplier for the LO generation, image reject mixer and low noise amplifier into a single chip MMIC. Noise figure has been measured to 4.6 dB and power consumption to 140 mW. The image rejection is better than 47 dB, conversion gain 10 dB and IIP3 -12 dBm. This performance is far superior to any comparable existing published 53 GHz receiver. The process used is commercially available 0.15 μm GaAs mHEMT technology featuring f t =120 GHz and f max =200 GHz.
ISBN:9781612847115
1612847110
9781612847122
1612847129
ISSN:1550-8781
2374-8443
DOI:10.1109/CSICS.2011.6062476