Wideband 110 GHz frequency quadrupler for an FMCW imager in 0.13-μm SiGe:C BiCMOS process

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Valenta, Vaclav [1 ]
Ulusoy, A. Cagri [1 ]
Trasser, Andreas [1 ]
Schumacher, Hermann [1 ]
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[1] Inst Electron Devices & Circuits, Ulm, Germany
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Bipolar analog integrated circuits; Multiplying circuits; Millimeter wave devices;
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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A high-performance 110 GHz frequency quadrupler implemented in 0.13-mu m BiCMOS process is presented. The designed circuit is to be employed in an FMCW imaging radar system and is based on a cascade of two Gilbert cells with tuned loads connected as squarers. The differential input signal that is used for validation of the realized quadrupler is generated using an active on-chip balun with a limiting differential amplifier. Measurement results of the circuit prove that this approach to mm-wave frequency generation can provide operation with up to 25 GHz bandwidth along with high output power of 0 dBm.
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