DC temperature measurements to characterize the central frequency and 3 dB bandwidth in mmW power amplifiers

This letter shows how a temperature sensor and a simple DC voltage multimeter can be used as instruments to determine the central frequency and 3 dB bandwidth of a 60 GHz linear power amplifier (PA). Compared to previous works, the DC temperature monitoring now proposed requires a much simpler and c...

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Autores: Aragonès Cervera, Xavier|||0000-0003-1352-8675, Mateo Peña, Diego|||0000-0001-5996-9092, González Jiménez, José Luis, Vidal López, Eva María|||0000-0001-8533-2271, Gómez Salinas, Didac, Martineau, B, Altet Sanahujes, Josep|||0000-0002-6939-6475
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/79249
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/79249
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LMWC.2015.2479848
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Integrated circuits
Temperature measurements
Built-in test
CMOS millimeter wave integrated circuits
Design for testability
Temperature measurement
Circuits integrats
Termometria
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica::Microelectrònica::Circuits integrats
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica::Instrumentació i mesura
Descrição
Resumo:This letter shows how a temperature sensor and a simple DC voltage multimeter can be used as instruments to determine the central frequency and 3 dB bandwidth of a 60 GHz linear power amplifier (PA). Compared to previous works, the DC temperature monitoring now proposed requires a much simpler and convenient measurement set-up. In this example, the temperature sensor is embedded in the same silicon die as the PA. Being placed in empty layout spaces next to it, it is proposed as a built-in test circuit.