60 GHz BiCMOS active bandpass filters. (August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chaturvedi, Saurabh; Božanić, Mladen; Sinha, Saurabh
• Is Part Of: Microelectronics journal. Volume 90(2019)
• Page Start: 315
• Page End: 322
• Publication Date: 2019-08
• Subjects: Bandpass filter (BPF) -- Millimeter-wave (mm-wave) -- BiCMOS -- Process design kit (PDK) -- Transmission line (TL) -- Loss compensation -- Figure of merit (FOM); Microelectronics -- Periodicals; Microélectronique -- Périodiques; Microelectronics; Electronic journals; Journals - contents and abstracts; Periodicals; 621.3805
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mejo.2019.06.016
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0959-8324

Abstract

Abstract: In this article, two 60 GHz active bandpass filters (BPFs) using the GlobalFoundries 0.13 μ m SiGe BiCMOS8HP process design kit are presented. To enhance the quality factor of a transmission line resonator, the complementary cross-coupled pair-based loss compensation method is used in the BPF design. The circuit simulation is performed with the Keysight Technologies Advanced Design System. The first active BPF with center frequency f c of 60.65 GHz shows a minimum insertion loss (IL) of 0.04 dB and best return loss (RL) of 25.13 dB in the passband. The second simulated active BPF with f c of 62.7 GHz exhibits a minimum IL of 0.01 dB and best RL of 27.82 dB in the passband.