{"title":"A −78dBm sensitivity super-regenerative receiver at 96 GHz with quench-controlled metamaterial oscillator in 65nm CMOS","authors":"Y. Shang, Haipeng Fu, Hao Yu, Junyan Ren","doi":"10.1109/RFIC.2013.6569627","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"One high-sensitivity CMOS superregenerative receiver is demonstrated for 96GHz mm-wave imaging based on high-Q metamaterial oscillator. Compared to traditional LC-tank based oscillator, the metamaterial oscillator is developed by folded-differential transmission-line loaded complimentary split-ring resonator (FDTLCSRR). With formed sharp stop-band, standing-wave is established with high EM-energy storage at mm-wave region for high-Q oscillatory amplification. As such, one high-sensitivity 96 GHz super-regenerative receiver is realized in 65nm CMOS with measurement results of: -78 dBm sensitivity, 0.67 fW/Hz0.5 NEP, 8.5 dB NF, 2.8mW power consumption and 0.014 mm2 core area.","PeriodicalId":203521,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2013 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2013.6569627","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
One high-sensitivity CMOS superregenerative receiver is demonstrated for 96GHz mm-wave imaging based on high-Q metamaterial oscillator. Compared to traditional LC-tank based oscillator, the metamaterial oscillator is developed by folded-differential transmission-line loaded complimentary split-ring resonator (FDTLCSRR). With formed sharp stop-band, standing-wave is established with high EM-energy storage at mm-wave region for high-Q oscillatory amplification. As such, one high-sensitivity 96 GHz super-regenerative receiver is realized in 65nm CMOS with measurement results of: -78 dBm sensitivity, 0.67 fW/Hz0.5 NEP, 8.5 dB NF, 2.8mW power consumption and 0.014 mm2 core area.