Design of mm-wave circuits in CMOS

摘要

Advances in technology scaling has pushed the maximum operating frequency (fT or fMAX) of modern CMOS beyond 100GHz. This allows the design of CMOS ICs at mm-wave frequencies, enabling mm-wave applications such as imaging, medical, radar and security to enter the consumer markets. This paper reviews some of the basic challenges when designing CMOS circuits at such high frequencies, and will also discuss some measured CMOS circuits that operate at 60GHz and l00GHz.