%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \section{Proposed Ideas} \label{sec:Proposed Ideas} % \begin{frame}[t] % \frametitle{Overview of Proposed Design} % % \vspace*{-5mm} % % \begin{itemize} % \item Paper by Maiwald, \emph{et al}. \citereference{Mai+21} % \end{itemize} % % \begin{figure}[h] % \centering % % \begin{subfigure}{0.33\textwidth} % \centering % % \fbox{\includegraphics[page=1,width=.6\textwidth]{res/paper/mixer_paper}} % \end{subfigure}% % \begin{subfigure}{0.33\textwidth} % \centering % % \fbox{\includegraphics[page=2,width=.6\textwidth]{res/paper/mixer_paper}} % \end{subfigure}% % \begin{subfigure}{0.33\textwidth} % \centering % % \fbox{\includegraphics[page=4,width=.6\textwidth]{res/paper/mixer_paper}} % \end{subfigure}% % \end{figure} % % \begin{itemize} % \item Spec 1 % \item Spec 2 % \item Spec 3 % \end{itemize} % % \bigskip % % \addreference{Mai+21}{T. Maiwald et al., "A Broadband Zero-IF Down-Conversion Mixer in 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS for Beyond 5G Communication Systems in D-Band," in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 2277-2281, July 2021} % \end{frame} \begin{frame}[t] \frametitle{Proposed Design: Overview} \vspace*{-7mm} \begin{itemize} \item Paper by Maiwald, \emph{et al}. \citereference{Mai+21} \end{itemize} \vspace*{1mm} \begin{figure}[h] \centering \begin{subfigure}[c]{0.33\textwidth} \centering \fbox{\includegraphics[page=1,width=.6\textwidth]{res/paper/mixer_paper}} \end{subfigure}% \begin{subfigure}[c]{0.33\textwidth} \centering \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{res/paper/figure1} \end{subfigure}% \end{figure} \vspace*{1mm} \begin{itemize} \item High bandwidth, low noise figure, low power consumption, small size \item Applicable to electronic beam stearing for mm-Wave \item 130nm SiGe BiCMOS technology from Infineon Technologies AG with $f_\text{t}/f_\text{max}$ of $250/\SI{370}{\giga\hertz}$ \end{itemize} \vspace*{2mm} \addreference{Mai+21}{T. Maiwald et al., ``A Broadband Zero-IF Down-Conversion Mixer in 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS for Beyond 5G Communication Systems in D-Band'', in \emph{IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs}, vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 2277-2281, July 2021} \end{frame} %\begin{frame} % \frametitle{Semiconductor Technology} % % \begin{itemize} % \item [TODO] (Maybe move to paper overview slide) % \item [TODO] "130 nm SiGe BiCMOS technology with a ft/fmax % of 250/370 GHz from Infineon Technologies AG." (SG13G2) vs % "SiGe BiCMOS process technology from IHP Microelectronics % with fmax of 500 GHz" (B11HFC) % -> Same kind of technology, different manufacturerer and fmax % \end{itemize} %\end{frame} \begin{frame}[fragile] \frametitle{Proposed Design: Mixer Core Cell} \begin{minipage}{.5\textwidth} \begin{itemize} \item Usage of switching quad (SQuad) instead of conventional Gilbert cell for more voltage headroom \item Mixer loaded by modified Cherry-Hooper \citereference{CH63} transimpedance amplifier (TIA) \item Transmission line based differential L-type matching networks for high bandwidth \item Signal fed using marchand baluns for high bandwidth \end{itemize} \end{minipage}% \begin{minipage}{.5\textwidth} \centering \vspace*{-2mm} \begin{figure}[H] \centering \includegraphics[width=0.96\textwidth]{res/paper/figure6} \end{figure} \end{minipage}% \vspace{3mm} \addreference{CH63}{E.M. Cherry and D.E. Hooper, ``The design of wide-band transistor feedback amplifiers'', \emph{Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical Engineers}, vol. 110, pp. 375-389, February 1963} \end{frame} \begin{frame}[fragile] \frametitle{Proposed Design: IF Buffer} \vspace*{5.775mm} \begin{minipage}{.5\textwidth} \begin{itemize} \item Three-stages: two differential amplifier stages and an emitter follower \item Includes differential to single-ended conversion enabling dense chip-to-package transition \item Inductive peaking for bandwidth enhancement \end{itemize} \end{minipage}% \begin{minipage}{.5\textwidth} \centering \begin{figure}[H] \centering \includegraphics[width=0.96\textwidth]{res/paper/figure7} \end{figure} \end{minipage}% \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Proposed Design: Simulation/Measurement Results} \vspace*{-1mm} \begin{minipage}{.5\textwidth} \vspace*{-2mm} \begin{figure}[H] \centering \includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{res/paper/figure9} \end{figure} \vspace*{-3mm} \begin{figure}[H] \centering \hspace*{-7mm} \includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{res/paper/figure11} \end{figure} \end{minipage}% \begin{minipage}{.5\textwidth} \vspace*{-2mm} \begin{figure}[H] \centering \includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{res/paper/figure10} \end{figure} \vspace*{-3mm} \begin{figure}[H] \centering \hspace*{-4mm} \includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{res/paper/figure12} \end{figure} \end{minipage} \end{frame}