Highly-efficient broadband medium power amplifier design in 22nm CMOS FD-SOI for mm-Wave 5G

Jill C. Mayeda; Jerry Lopez; Donald Y.C. Lie

doi:10.1109/WMCS49442.2020.9172413

Highly-efficient broadband medium power amplifier design in 22nm CMOS FD-SOI for mm-Wave 5G

Jill C. Mayeda, Jerry Lopez, Donald Y.C. Lie

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

We present in this work a reconfigurable broadband highly-efficient medium-power power amplifier (PA) design in 22nm FD-SOI for potential millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) 5G (5th Generation) applications. The broadband PA is targeted to cover the key part of the 5G FR2 band (i.e., 24.25 to 43.5 GHz), with POUT 16 dBm and high power-added-efficiency (PAE) and excellent linearity. The post-layout parasitic extracted (R+C+CC) simulations performed in Calibre suggest this PA reaches max. PAE > 35% around 20 GHz, while still maintaining higher than 16% max. PAE across the entire 20 GHz - 50 GHz band. Using an LTE 64-QAM modulated 250 MHz input at 28 GHz, this design boasts an impressive simulated linearity performance with ACLR1-/ACLR1+= -36.6/-36.2 dBc at POUT = 11.4 dBm. With the broadband, high PAE and linearity performance, this reconfigurable CMOS PA appears attractive for potential mmWave 5G applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems
Subtitle of host publication	Making Waves in Texas, WMCS 2020
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728161921
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WMCS49442.2020.9172413
State	Published - May 2020
Event	2020 IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems, WMCS 2020 - Virtual, Online, United States Duration: May 26 2020 → May 28 2020

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Name	Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems: Making Waves in Texas, WMCS 2020

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Conference	2020 IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems, WMCS 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Virtual, Online
Period	05/26/20 → 05/28/20

Keywords

5G
CMOS SOI
Phased-array
Power Amplifier (PA)
Power-added efficiency (PAE)
SiGe
millimeter-wave (mm-Wave)

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Mayeda, J. C., Lopez, J., & Lie, D. Y. C. (2020). Highly-efficient broadband medium power amplifier design in 22nm CMOS FD-SOI for mm-Wave 5G. In Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems: Making Waves in Texas, WMCS 2020 Article 9172413 (Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems: Making Waves in Texas, WMCS 2020). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/WMCS49442.2020.9172413

Mayeda, Jill C. ; Lopez, Jerry ; Lie, Donald Y.C. / Highly-efficient broadband medium power amplifier design in 22nm CMOS FD-SOI for mm-Wave 5G. Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems: Making Waves in Texas, WMCS 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. (Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems: Making Waves in Texas, WMCS 2020).

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Mayeda, JC, Lopez, J & Lie, DYC 2020, Highly-efficient broadband medium power amplifier design in 22nm CMOS FD-SOI for mm-Wave 5G. in Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems: Making Waves in Texas, WMCS 2020., 9172413, Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems: Making Waves in Texas, WMCS 2020, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020 IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems, WMCS 2020, Virtual, Online, United States, 05/26/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/WMCS49442.2020.9172413

Highly-efficient broadband medium power amplifier design in 22nm CMOS FD-SOI for mm-Wave 5G. / Mayeda, Jill C.; Lopez, Jerry; Lie, Donald Y.C.
Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems: Making Waves in Texas, WMCS 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. 9172413 (Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems: Making Waves in Texas, WMCS 2020).

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Mayeda JC, Lopez J, Lie DYC. Highly-efficient broadband medium power amplifier design in 22nm CMOS FD-SOI for mm-Wave 5G. In Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems: Making Waves in Texas, WMCS 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2020. 9172413. (Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems: Making Waves in Texas, WMCS 2020). doi: 10.1109/WMCS49442.2020.9172413

Highly-efficient broadband medium power amplifier design in 22nm CMOS FD-SOI for mm-Wave 5G

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