A 44 GHz CMOS RFIC Dual-Function Attenuator with Band-Pass-Filter Response Academic Article

abstract

• 2001-2012 IEEE. A dual-function attenuator possessing both attenuation and band-pass filtering functions is proposed. The new dual-function band-pass attenuator architecture is derived by replacing the quarter-wavelength transmission line of a conventional attenuator with a 2nd-order admittance-inverter band-pass filter. Design formulas for the dual-function band-pass attenuator are derived. A 3-b CMOS dual-function band-pass step attenuator designed using a 0.18 BiCMOS technology shows measured insertion loss of 4.4-5.9 dB, RMS amplitude error of 0.8-1.4 dB, RMS phase error of 1.9-6.7 over 36-52 GHz, input P1dB higher than 20 dBm at 44 GHz, and band-pass-filtering response with stop-band rejections greater than 18 dB at 24 and 64 GHz.

authors

• Nguyen, Cam Van

published proceedings

• IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

author list (cited authors)

• Bae, J., & Nguyen, C.

citation count

• 18

complete list of authors

• Bae, Juseok||Nguyen, Cam

publication date

• March 2015

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/lmwc.2015.2403574

start page

• 241

end page

• 243

volume

• 25

issue

• 4