5G and E-Band Communication Circuits in Deep-Scaled CMOS

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This book discusses design techniques, layout details and measurements of several key analog building blocks that currently limit the performance of 5G and E-Band transceivers implemented in deep-scaled CMOS. The authors present recent developments in low-noise quadrature VCOs and tunable inductor-less frequency dividers. Moreover, the design of low-loss broadband transformer-based filters that realize inter-stage matching, power division/combining and impedance transformation is discussed in great detail. The design and measurements of a low-noise amplifier, a downconverter and a highly-linear power amplifier that leverage the proposed techniques are shown. All the prototypes were realized in advanced nanometer scaled CMOS technologies without RF thick to metal option. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction (Marco Vigilante, Patrick Reynaert)....Pages 1-24 G\(_{m}\) Stage and Passives in Deep-Scaled CMOS (Marco Vigilante, Patrick Reynaert)....Pages 25-37 Gain-Bandwidth Enhancement Techniques for mm-Wave Fully-Integrated Amplifiers (Marco Vigilante, Patrick Reynaert)....Pages 39-61 mm-Wave LC VCOs (Marco Vigilante, Patrick Reynaert)....Pages 63-102 mm-Wave Dividers (Marco Vigilante, Patrick Reynaert)....Pages 103-119 mm-Wave Broadband Downconverters (Marco Vigilante, Patrick Reynaert)....Pages 121-151 mm-Wave Highly-Linear Broadband Power Amplifiers (Marco Vigilante, Patrick Reynaert)....Pages 153-195 Conclusion (Marco Vigilante, Patrick Reynaert)....Pages 197-202 Back Matter ....Pages 203-205