학술논문

28–38-GHz 6-bit Compact Passive Phase Shifter in 130-nm CMOS
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters IEEE Microw. Wireless Compon. Lett. Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE. 31(12):1311-1314 Dec, 2021
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Signal Processing and Analysis
Phase shifters
Switches
Insertion loss
Couplings
Transistors
Logic gates
Array signal processing
Beamforming
CMOS
coupler
front end
hybrid
passive
phase shifter (PS)
switch
Language
ISSN
1531-1309
1558-1764
Abstract
In this letter, a highly compact, bidirectional, wideband 6-bit resolution passive phase shifter (PS) is presented in low-cost 130-nm CMOS technology. A compact Lange differential hybrid is designed in this letter to provide quadrature signals from the input. The compact Lange hybrid is followed by a switching matrix that generates weighted sums of the quadrature signals to cover 360° and additional controlled loss using single pole single throw (SPST) switches. The matrix consists of 12 transistors, each of which is controlled by a three-level gate voltage (0, 0.6, and 1.2 V) providing higher resolution in phase shifts. The chip achieves the state-of-the-art performance with 10-dB insertion loss across 28–38 GHz. The chip also achieves an rms gain error of 0.6 dB and an rms phase error of 3° in the bandwidth, consuming no dc power and only 0.15 mm 2 including baluns.