65 nm SOI CMOS 60 GHz passive mixer for six-port technology

Kamel Haddadi (1, 2) , Christophe Loyez (1, 2)

1 IEMN - Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520
2 CSAM - IEMN - Circuits Systèmes Applications des Micro-ondes - IEMN

This work describes the design and measurements of a 60 GHz passive mixer for six-port applications operating and implemented in a 65nm SOI CMOS technology. The mixer topology, consisting only of a n-MOS cold-FET and CPW transmission line matching networks, avoids the use of coupler in front of the detection circuit commonly found in six-port technology. The simplification reduces the chip size and the power consumption. Demodulation results at 60 GHz are demonstrated to validate the approach proposed.

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Kamel Haddadi, Christophe Loyez. 65 nm SOI CMOS 60 GHz passive mixer for six-port technology. IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks, WiSNet 2016, Jan 2016, Austin, TX, United States. pp.52-55, ⟨10.1109/WISNET.2016.7444320⟩. ⟨hal-03224660⟩