SiGe BiCMOS for Analog, High-Speed Digital and Millimetre-Wave Applications Beyond 50 GHz

• Published in: 2006 Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting pp. 1 - 8
• Main Authors: Voinigescu, S.P., Chalvatzis, T., Yau, K.H.K., Hazneci, A., Garg, A., Shahramian, S., Yao, T., Gordon, M., Dickson, T.O., Laskin, E., Nicolson, S.T., Carusone, A.C., Tchoketch-Kebir, L., Yuryevich, O., Ng, G., Lai, B., Liu, P.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01-10-2006
• Subjects: BiCMOS integrated circuits; CMOS digital integrated circuits; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Digital signal processing; Equalizers; Germanium silicon alloys; Radar tracking; Silicon germanium; Transceivers
• ISBN: 9781424404582; 1424404584
• ISSN: 1088-9299; 2378-590X
• DOI: 10.1109/BIPOL.2006.311161

This paper explores the application of SiGe BiCMOS technology to mm-wave transceiver with analog and digital signal processing. A review of 10 - 80Gb/s SERDES performance across 3 SiGe BiCMOS and CMOS technology nodes reveals remarkable similarities with digital CMOS IC scaling and points to the benefits of a SiGe BiCMOS roadmap. Examples of 40-Gb/s equalizers, track-and-hold amplifiers and ADCs with mm-wave sampling clocks are provided, along with GHz-range opamp filters and 65-GHz wireless transceivers. Automotive radar and imaging applications in the 80 -100 GHz range are also briefly discussed