A 0.18-μm CMOS shock wave generator with an on-chip antenna and a digitally programmable delay circuit

Nguyen Ngoc Mai Khanh, Masahiro Sasaki, Kunihiro Asada, Taihei Monma

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Abstract

A 9-11-GHz fully integrated shock wave generator using a 0.18-μm CMOS process for in-door active imaging applications is presented. This chip includes an on-chip wideband meandering dipole antenna, a shock wave generator and a 5-bit digitally programmable delay circuit. The pulse generator simulation produces a 0.4-V peak-peak (p-p) pulse amplitude with a 45.86-ps monopulse cycle in simulation. The integrated dipole antenna's bandwidth -10 dB is 25.3 GHz in EMDS, ADS 2008 simulation. A 20-dB standard horn antenna with distance of 38 mm to this chip is used for the measurement. Measurement results show that 9-11-GHz pulse frequency response with 1.1-mVp-p pulse output voltage received from the horn antenna and 3-ps delay control resolution are suitable for fully on-chip pulse beam forming purpose with integrated antenna array.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2nd Asia Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ASQED 2010
Pages1-4
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010 Sept 17
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd Asia Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ASQED 2010 - Penang, Malaysia
Duration: 2010 Aug 32010 Aug 4

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2nd Asia Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ASQED 2010

Conference

Conference2nd Asia Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ASQED 2010
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityPenang
Period10/8/310/8/4

Keywords

  • CMOS
  • Component
  • Digitally programmable delay
  • Imaging
  • On-chip antenna
  • Pulse
  • Radar
  • Shock wave
  • Transmitter

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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