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Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering

ISSN 2095-9184

Front. Inform. Technol. Electron. Eng    2020, Vol. 21 Issue (1) : 97-115    https://doi.org/10.1631/FITEE.1900491
Review
Analysis and design of transformer-based CMOS ultra-wideband millimeter-wave circuits for wireless applications: a review
Yi-ming YU, Kai KANG()
School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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Abstract

With a lot of millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) applications being issued, wideband circuits and systems have attracted much attention because of their strong applicability and versatility. In this paper, four transformer-based ultra-wideband mm-Wave circuits demonstrated in CMOS technologies are reviewed from theoretical analysis, implementation, to performance. First, we introduce a mm-Wave low-noise amplifier with transformer-based Gm-boosting and pole-tuning techniques. It achieves wide operating bandwidth, low noise figure, and good gain performance. Second, we review an injection-current-boosting tech-nique which can significantly increase the locking range of mm-Wave injection-locked frequency triplers. Based on the injection- locked principle, we also discuss an ultra-wideband mm-Wave divider with the transformer-based high-order resonator. Finally, an E-band up-conversion mixer is presented; using the two-path transconductance stage and transformer-based load, it obtains good linearity and a large operating band.

Keywords CMOS      Millimeter-wave (mm-Wave)      Ultra-wideband      Transformer      Low-noise amplifier      Injection-locked fre-quency tripler      Injection-locked frequency divider      Mixer     
Corresponding Author(s): Kai KANG   
Issue Date: 01 April 2020
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Yi-ming YU,Kai KANG. Analysis and design of transformer-based CMOS ultra-wideband millimeter-wave circuits for wireless applications: a review[J]. Front. Inform. Technol. Electron. Eng, 2020, 21(1): 97-115.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/fitee/EN/10.1631/FITEE.1900491
https://academic.hep.com.cn/fitee/EN/Y2020/V21/I1/97
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