A SELECTION of mm-wave ICs FABRICATED in 2008 and TESTED in 2008-2010


1) 140 GHz radar/radio dual-receiver transceiver with on-die antennas

by Katya laskin, Ioannis Sarkas and STMicroelectronics ©2008






















2) 140 GHz radar/radio transceiver

by Katya laskin, Sean Nicolson and STMicroelectronics ©2008, BCTM-2009
























3) 52 GHz Equalizer

by Andreea Balteanu, Gennum and STMicroelectronics ©2008, BCTM-2009



















4) 80GHz, 18Gb/s IQ Transceiver with direct QPSK modulation

by Ioannis Sarkas, Sean Nicolson, Katya Laskin and STMicroelectronics ©2008, CSICS-2009





5) 90 GHz Passive Imager in 65nm CMOS

by Alex Tomkins and STMicroelectronics, ©2008, CSICS-2009























6) 80GHz static divide-by-32 in 65nm CMOS

by Ricardo Aroca and Nortel ©2008,








7) 81GHz full-rate retimer in 65nm CMOS

by Shahriar Shahramian and Nortel ©2008, CSICS 2008




8) 60GHz direct conversion/modulation radio transceiver in 65nm CMOS

by Alex Tomkins, Ricardo Aroca, Sean Nicolson and Fujitsu©2007, CICC-08




Video of 60 GHz wireless link demo over 2m at 4-5 Gb/s. (220 Mbytes)




9) 94GHz Doppler transceiver with PA, VCO, LNA and mixer in 65nm CMOS

by Mehdi Khanpour and STMicroelectronics ©2008, IEEE MTT, Dec09



10) 94GHz IQ receiver with quad VCO, LNA and IQ mixer in 65nm CMOS

by Mehdi Khanpour, Katya Laskin and STMicroelectronics ©2008 IEEE MTT, Dec09








11) 94GHz transceiver array with on-die RF-path phase shifters, VCO, LNAs, PAs, antenna switches, and TX-RX loop-back on every lane, fabricated in 65nm CMOS

by Alex Tomkins, Mehdi Khanpour, Ioannis Sarkas, Katya Laskin and STMIcroelectronics ©2008



A SELECTION of mm-wave ICs FABRICATED and TESTED in 2007


1)160GHz to 180GHz transceiver with on-die antennas, quad 80GHz/160GHz VCO and static frequency divider in 300GHz SiGe HBT technology

by Ekaterina Laskin and fabricated by ST Microelectronics ©2007, RFIC-2008




2) 140GHz downconverter (LNA+mixer+IF amplifier) in 65nm GP CMOS technology

by Sean Nicolson and fabricated by ST Microelectronics ©2007, RFIC-2008





3) 110GHz downconverter (mixer+IF amplifier) in 45nm CMOS technology


by Ricardo Aroca ©2007, VLSI Symposium 2008.





4) 75GHz to 95GHz receiver with fundamental frequency quadrature VCO and static frequency divider in 65nm GP CMOS technology

by Ekaterina Laskin, Mehdi Khanpour, Ricardo Aroca, Keith Tang and fabricated by ST Microelectronics ©2007 will be presented at ISSCC 2008





5) 77GHz to 79GHz Doppler radar transceiver with fundamental frequency VCO and Div/64 static frequency divider in 300GHz SiGe HBT technology

by Sean Nicolson and fabricated by ST Microelectronics©2007 (presented at CSICS-2007)








6) 90-110 GHz receiver with fundamental frequency VCO and Div/64 static frequency divider in 300GHz SiGe HBT technology

by Sean Nicolson and fabricated by ST Microelectronics ©2007



7) 90Gb/s 8:1 Serial transmitter with on-die PRBS generator in 170GHz SiGe BiCMOS technology

by Timothy O. Dickson, Ricardo Aroca and fabricated by ST Microelectronics ©2007 (presented at CICC-2007)




8) 40GS/sec, tunable 4.2-5.8 GHz Bandpass Delta-Sigma Receiver with on die 40GHz PLL and VCO in 160GHz SiGe BiCMOS technology

by Theo Chalvatzis, fabricated by ST Microelectronics©2007




9) 20GS/sec to 50GS/sec, low-pass Delta-Sigma ADCs with 0.5GHz/1GHz bandwidth and 7/6bit ENOB in 160GHz SiGe BiCMOS technology

by Adam Hart and fabricated by ST Microelectronics©2007





10) 35GS/sec, 4-bit Flash ADC in 160GHz SiGe BiCMOS technology

by Shahriar Shahramian and fabricated by Jazz Semiconductor©2007



11) 40Gb/s, 7.2Vpp differential driver with a adjustable amplitude and pre-emphasis in 160GHz SiGe BiCMOS technology

by Ricardo Aroca and fabricated by Jazz Semiconductor©2007 (presented at CSICS-2007)