Power generation

Design and Analysis of a 13.7–41 GHz Ultra-Wideband Frequency Doubler With Cross-Coupled Push-Push Structure

Design and Analysis of a 13.7–41 GHz Ultra-Wideband Frequency Doubler With Cross-Coupled Push-Push Structure 150 150

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This article presents a 13.7–41 GHz ultra-wideband frequency doubler with high efficiency and conversion gain (CG). The proposed cross-coupled push-push structure, in conjunction with the fourth-order transformer-based resonator and the series gate inductor, collaboratively shapes the input signal amplitude such that three distinct peaks emerge at different frequencies, thereby significantly improving …

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A K/Ka-Band Transmit/Receive Front-End With Triple-Coupled Transformer Technique in 65-nm Bulk CMOS

A K/Ka-Band Transmit/Receive Front-End With Triple-Coupled Transformer Technique in 65-nm Bulk CMOS 150 150

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This article presents a K/Ka-band transmit/receive (T/R) front-end for jointed sensing and communication (JSAC) applications. A reconfigurable matching network for both signal reception and transmission is realized using the proposed triple-coupled transformer (TCT) technique, achieving low power loss and a compact footprint. The T/R switch at …

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A 2–18 GHz High-Efficiency CMOS Nonuniform Distributed Power Amplifier With a Novel Reconfigurable Inductive Termination

A 2–18 GHz High-Efficiency CMOS Nonuniform Distributed Power Amplifier With a Novel Reconfigurable Inductive Termination 150 150

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This article presents a 2–18 GHz high-efficiency CMOS nonuniform distributed power amplifier (NDPA) with a novel reconfigurable inductive termination technique for ultra-broadband efficiency enhancement. First, the inherent drawback of the degrading efficiency with growing frequency in a conventional non-reconfigurable NDPA architecture with multi-octave bandwidth is studied. A simple and effective reconfigurable …

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Sub-Terahertz Wideband ASK Transceiver for 14/27/64 Gb/s 0.27-km/0.12-m/0.1-mm Interconnection in 28-nm CMOS

Sub-Terahertz Wideband ASK Transceiver for 14/27/64 Gb/s 0.27-km/0.12-m/0.1-mm Interconnection in 28-nm CMOS 150 150

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This article presents a 28-nm CMOS sub-terahertz (sub-THz) amplitude shift-keying (ASK) transceiver achieving competitive wireless and wireline communication performance. The over-the-air (OTA) link demonstrates 14 Gb/s/0.27 km, 16Gb/s/1m, and 27 Gb/s/12 cm without equalization (EQ), while supporting 64 Gb/s on-Off keying (OOK) and 40 Gb/s pulse amplitude modulation (…

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An Optimal Modulation Bits-to-RF Digital Transmitter Using Time-Interleaved Multi-Subharmonic Switching

An Optimal Modulation Bits-to-RF Digital Transmitter Using Time-Interleaved Multi-Subharmonic Switching 150 150

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This article presents a fully integrated bits-to-RF transmitter (Tx) featuring deep power back-off (PBO) enhancements, leveraging a multi-subharmonic switching (multi-SHS) digital power amplifier (DPA) with time-interleaving and a harmonic-rejection digital-to-phase converter (DPC). This work employs a nonuniform optimal modulation (OM) constellation, where symbol probability is inversely related to its amplitude, …

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Analysis and Design of Power Amplifier Using Parallel-Combined Multisegment Transformer

Analysis and Design of Power Amplifier Using Parallel-Combined Multisegment Transformer 150 150

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This letter presents a highly efficient power amplifier (PA) using a parallel-combined vertical multisegment transformer for 5G new radio (NR) applications operating in bands n257 and n258, in a 65-nm bulk CMOS process. A multisegment transformer facilitates a lower provided input impedance than a conventional transformer, enabling the PA to …

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A High-Power Wideband Sub-THz Power Amplifier With Asymmetric Slotline-Based Series–Parallel Combiner in 130-nm SiGe BiCMOS Technology

A High-Power Wideband Sub-THz Power Amplifier With Asymmetric Slotline-Based Series–Parallel Combiner in 130-nm SiGe BiCMOS Technology 150 150

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This article presents a high-power, wideband sub-terahertz power amplifier (PA) implemented in a 130-nm SiGe BiCMOS technology. The PA features a novel asymmetric slotline-based series–parallel combiner (ASSPC) for output power combining. The ASSPC provides both low-loss, wideband combining and efficient admittance matching for four differential cascode PA unit cells, …

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A Compact, Wideband Complex Cascode Power Amplifier With LC Neutralization for VSWR-Resilient Operation in High-Density Phased Arrays

A Compact, Wideband Complex Cascode Power Amplifier With LC Neutralization for VSWR-Resilient Operation in High-Density Phased Arrays 150 150

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This article proposes a design methodology for achieving intrinsic performance resilience in power amplifiers (PAs) against antenna impedance variations inherent to modern phased-array systems through the improvement of the PA output matching ( $S!_{22}$ ). This goal, however, presents a challenge for conventional cascode PAs due to their inherently high output impedance …

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A Low-Voltage-CMOS AC–DC Converter With Series-Capacitor Pre-Regulation and Fine-Grained Capacitance Reallocation for Mains-Powered IoT

A Low-Voltage-CMOS AC–DC Converter With Series-Capacitor Pre-Regulation and Fine-Grained Capacitance Reallocation for Mains-Powered IoT 150 150

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This article presents a power- and area-efficient switched-capacitor (SC) ac–dc converter in low-voltage (LV) CMOS for mains-powered Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The proposed converter adopts a single-stage series-capacitor architecture with fine-grained pre-rectification regulation, eliminating the need for intermediate high-voltage (HV) dc capacitors or HV dc–dc stages, thereby …

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