A 60GHz 1V +12.3dBm Transformer-Coupled Wideband PA in 90nm CMOS

A 60GHz two-stage 1V differential PA is designed in 90nm CMOS. It uses compact transformers for input, output, and interstage matching and has an area of 660×380μm2. It achieves a 1dB compressed output power of 9dBm and a saturated power of 12.3dBm. Peak drain efficiency is 32% and peak PAE is 8.8%. The power gain at 60GHz is 5.5dB with 3dB bandwidth exceeding 22GHz. ©2008 IEEE.

ISBN:9781424420100

Publication year:2008