@article{SisLab2926, volume = {28}, number = {4}, month = {April}, author = {Tuan Anh Vu and Kyoya Takano and Minoru Fujishima}, title = {300-GHz Balanced Varactor Doubler in Silicon CMOS for Ultrahigh-Speed Wireless Communications}, year = {2018}, journal = {IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters}, doi = {10.1109/LMWC.2018.2811249}, pages = {341--343}, url = {https://eprints.uet.vnu.edu.vn/eprints/id/eprint/2926/}, abstract = {This letter presents a 300 GHz transmitter front-end suitable for ultrahigh-speed wireless communications. The transmitter front-end realized in TSMC 40 nm CMOS consists of a varactor based doubler driven by a three-stage D-band power amplifier (PA). Measurement results show that the D-band PA obtains a saturated power of 6.1 dBm and a power added efficiency (PAE) of 4.3\%. The balanced varactor doubler results in an output power of -12 dBm at 300 GHz. The transmitter front-end consumes a total DC power of 72.9 mW from a 0.9 V supply voltage while it occupies an area of 0.72 mm2.} }