A Ka-Band 4-element beamforming integrated circuit (BFIC) for low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication (SATCOM) ground terminals is presented. By employing a proposed negative-feedback-based inte...
This work presents a compact, Watt-level SiGe HBT flip-chip power amplifier module (PAM) for emerging low earth orbit (LEO) SATCOM transmitter (TX) front-end. To attain high power yet thermal ruggedne...
AI and machine learning (ML) are increasingly used to accelerate Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) design, where specs-to-layout inverse-design automation can shorten design cycles and lower t...
This paper presents a wideband low-noise amplifier (LNA) based on the proposed direction switchable coupling (DSC) architecture. The design features an input stage with a drain-source coupled line (DS...
An algorithmic inverse-design technique is presented for the synthesis of nonintuitive amplifiers that enables the insertion of variable-sized metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitors directly into mult...
This paper presents a distributed low-noise amplifier (LNA) achieving over 100 GHz bandwidth with full-band noise optimization. The proposed design inherently provides balun functionality, enabling di...
This paper presents an ultra-broadband distributed amplifier (DA) with operation frequency from dc to 0.944fT. A novel gain cell of improved Darlington cascode with stacked transistor is proposed. The...
This paper presents a CMOS-based DC–170 GHz wideband single-pole double-throw (SPDT) switch and power-combiner module, realized through a distributed topology and a source-controlled switching scheme....
This paper presents a W-band low-noise down-conversion mixer implemented in 65-nm CMOS technology. The proposed mixer employs a switched-transconductance (SwGm) architecture with DC-decoupled RF and L...
This work presents a broadband mixer-first receiver implemented in a fully distributed topology that employs polyphase harmonic-cancellation to realize octuple local oscillation (LO) signal generation...