28 GHz Single-Chip Transmit RF Front-End MMIC for Multichannel 5G Wireless Communications
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Single-Chip RF Front-End MMIC
2.1. Design Approach
2.2. Electrical Performance
3. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Bit1 | Bit2 | Bit3 | Bit4 | Bit5 | Bit6 | Relative Phase Shift, deg. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.625 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.250 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.875 |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.500 |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.125 |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.750 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.375 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45.000 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.625 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56.250 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.875 |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67.500 |
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73.125 |
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78.750 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84.375 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 90.000 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 95.625 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 101.250 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 106.875 |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 112.500 |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 118.125 |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 123.750 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 129.375 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 135.000 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 140.625 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 146.250 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 151.875 |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 157.500 |
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 163.125 |
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 168.750 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 174.375 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 180.000 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 185.625 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 191.250 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 196.875 |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 202.500 |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 208.125 |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 213.750 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 219.375 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 225.000 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 230.625 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 236.250 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 241.875 |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 247.500 |
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 253.125 |
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 258.750 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 264.375 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 270.000 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 275.625 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 281.250 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 286.875 |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 292.500 |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 298.125 |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 303.750 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 309.375 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 315.000 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 320.625 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 326.250 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 331.875 |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 337.500 |
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 343.125 |
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 348.750 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 354.375 |
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Parameter | Min | Max | Min | Max | Units |
Frequency | 27.5 | 28.35 | 27.5 | 28.35 | GHz |
RMS Phase Error | 3 | 2.38 | deg. | ||
RMS Gain Error | 0.63 | 0.23 | dB | ||
Gain | 20.0 | 21.3 | 20.5 | 21.5 | dB |
P1dB at 0° | - | - | 29.8 | 30.2 | dBm |
P3dB at 0° | 28.7 | 29.0 | - | - | dBm |
PAE at P1dB at 0° | 19.2 | 19.3 | 23 | 24.2 | % |
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Erofeev, E.; Arykov, V.; Stepanenko, M.; Voevodin, A.; Kogai, A.; Kurikalov, V. 28 GHz Single-Chip Transmit RF Front-End MMIC for Multichannel 5G Wireless Communications. Symmetry 2020, 12, 1167. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12071167
Erofeev E, Arykov V, Stepanenko M, Voevodin A, Kogai A, Kurikalov V. 28 GHz Single-Chip Transmit RF Front-End MMIC for Multichannel 5G Wireless Communications. Symmetry. 2020; 12(7):1167. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12071167
Chicago/Turabian StyleErofeev, Evgeny, Vadim Arykov, Michael Stepanenko, Aleksei Voevodin, Aleksei Kogai, and Vladimir Kurikalov. 2020. "28 GHz Single-Chip Transmit RF Front-End MMIC for Multichannel 5G Wireless Communications" Symmetry 12, no. 7: 1167. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12071167