A selection of mm-wave ICs designed, fabricated and tested in 2013-2021

1) 100GHz Bandwidth Track and Hold Amplifier by Greg Cooke, Collaboration with Ciena and STMicroelectronics ©2020, SSCL 2022.



2) 160GHz Dual Polarization Radar Sensor Transceiver in 22nm FDSOI, by Alireza Zandieh, Shai Bonen, Sadegh Dadash, and Mecca Gong, Collaboration with Bosch ©2018, Trans. MTT 2021.




3) 200 GS/s 4x Time Interleaved ADC Sampling Front End Circuit with 25% Duty Cycle Clock Signal Generator in SiGe BiCMOS by Naftali Weiss and Measured by Greg Cooke. Collaboration with Ciena, STMicroelectronics ©2018, ESSCIRC 2021




4) 128 GS/s 5-bit Flash ADC in SiGe BiCMOS by Alireza Zandieh. Collaboration with Ciena ©2017, BCICTS 2018



A selection of mm-wave ICs designed, fabricated and tested in 2010-2012


1) 45-GHz, 8-bit IQ Power-DAC chiplet in 45nm SOI CMOS technology, by Andreea Balteanu. Collaboration with UC San Diego and funded by DARPA ©2012




2) 80 Gb/s cable equalizer, by Ioannis Sarkas. Work funded by Gennum Corporation and OCE, ©2012






3) 300 GHz VCO+doubler low-noise signal source in SiGe HBT technology by Alex Tomkins and STMicroelectronics. Chip fabricated and donated by STMicroelectronics ©2012




4) 140-150 GHz distance sensor with built-in self-test, by Ioannis Sarkas in collaboration with Robert Bosch GmBh. Stuttgart and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. Chip donated and fabricated by STMicroelectronics. Part of EU SUCCESS project ©2011




5) 50 GS/sec Large Swing (3Vpp per side) 6-bit DAC with segmentaion, by Andreea Balteanu, collaboration with Ciena Corporation, Ottawa. ©2011




6) 120-GHz distance sensor with on-die antenna, by Ioannis Sarkas in collaboration with Dr. Juergen Hasch from Robert Bosch GmBh., Stuttgart, Germany. Chip donated and fabricated by STMicroelectronics ©2010






7) 165 GHz passive imaging receiver, by Alex Tomkins. Chip fabricated and donated by STMicorelectronics @2010





8) 150-168 GHz sensor transceiver with two receive channels and one transmit channel, PLL and on-die antennas, by Alex Tomkins and Lee Tarnow. Chip fabricated and donated by STMicroelectronics ©2010.




A collection of chips fabricated and tested in 2008.


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)