60-GHz Direct-Conversion Transceiver on 130-nm CMOS with Integrated Digital Control Interface B. N. Wicks, C. M. Ta, F. Zhang, P. Nadagouda, B. Yang, Z. Liu, Y. Mo, K. Wang, T. Walsh, G. Felic, R. J. Evans, I. Mareels, and E. Skafidas National ICT Australia (NICTA) Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering The University of Melbourne

Sep. 28, 2009EuMIC 2009, Rome, Italy2 Outline Introduction Transceiver architecture Experimental results Conclusions and future works

Sep. 28, 2009EuMIC 2009, Rome, Italy3 Introduction High data-rate applications –Peer-to-peer between portable devices: > 3 Gbps –PC connectivity for portable devices –HDMI cable replacement: up to 10 Gbps 60-GHz wireless communications –Unlicensed band –7 GHz of bandwidth Low-cost semiconductor technology –CMOS

Sep. 28, 2009EuMIC 2009, Rome, Italy4 Transceiver architecture 130-nm RF-CMOS 5 mm × 5 mm Direct-conversion architecture

Sep. 28, 2009EuMIC 2009, Rome, Italy5 Digital Control Interface (DCI) Advanced CMOS technology –Shorter channel-length, lower power supply voltage, faster, more power efficient circuits –Analog/RF circuits become more sensitive to PVT variation –Digital techniques to compensate PVT effect

Sep. 28, 2009EuMIC 2009, Rome, Italy6 Performance - Transmitter Power consumption: 515 mW Output power: ~6.5 dBm

Sep. 28, 2009EuMIC 2009, Rome, Italy7 Performance - Receiver Power consumption: 54 mW Noise figure: 11 dB iIP 3 : dBm Maximum conversion gain: 8.1 dB

Sep. 28, 2009EuMIC 2009, Rome, Italy8 Demonstration FPGA board

Sep. 28, 2009EuMIC 2009, Rome, Italy9 Conclusions Integrated 60-GHz transceiver 130-nm CMOS Digital control interface Demonstration

Sep. 28, 2009EuMIC 2009, Rome, Italy10 Future works 65-nm CMOS Phased-array Tx and Rx Wire-bond and flip-chip RF-ESD

60-GHz Direct-Conversion Transceiver on 130-nm CMOS with Integrated Digital Control Interface B. N. Wicks, C. M. Ta, F. Zhang, P. Nadagouda, B. Yang, Z. Liu, Y. Mo, K. Wang, T. Walsh, G. Felic, R. J. Evans, I. Mareels, and E. Skafidas National ICT Australia (NICTA) Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering The University of Melbourne