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RF ICs and mm-Wave ICs Saurabh Sinha, PhD (Eng)

RF ICs and mm-Wave ICs Saurabh Sinha, PhD (Eng) Microelectronics & Electronics Group University of Pretoria, South Africa Friday, 22 August 2014. Departement Elektriese, Elektroniese & Rekenaar-Ingenieurswese Department of Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering

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RF ICs and mm-Wave ICs Saurabh Sinha, PhD (Eng)

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  1. RF ICs and mm-Wave ICs Saurabh Sinha, PhD (Eng) Microelectronics & Electronics GroupUniversity of Pretoria, South Africa Friday, 22 August 2014 Departement Elektriese, Elektroniese & Rekenaar-Ingenieurswese Department of Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering Kgoro ya Merero ya Mohlagase, Elektroniki & Bointšinere bja Khomphutha

  2. Carl and Emily Fuchs Institute for Microelectronics CEFIM Founded in 1981 after receiving a grant from Carl and Emily Fuchs (1972 to 1981 Institute for Microstructures) THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE ARE OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS 2

  3. The Microelectronics & Electronics Research Group Director & Professor: Prof. Monuko du Plessis, Pr Eng(INSiAVA (Pty) ltd) Associate Professor: Prof. Saurabh Sinha, Pr Eng Lecturers: Johan Schoeman Jannes Venter Junior lecturers: Hannetjie Nell BonganiMabuza LindaniTshibe (part-time) Post-Docs.: Dr Jevgēņijs Golovins (Latvia) [Vacancy] Visiting researchers: Dr AlinaCismaru (IMT, Romania) Dr Alexandra Ştefănescu (IMT, Romania) Researchers: AlfonsBogalecki(INSiAVA (Pty) ltd) Marius Goosen(INSiAVA (Pty) ltd) Project manager: GerrieMostert(INSiAVA (Pty) ltd) #Postgraduate students (PhD and MEng/MSc): Approx. 20 #Undergraduate project students (BEng Year IV): Approx. 20 3

  4. Postgraduate Courses • EIN 732 Introduction to Research Prof. J.A.G. Malherbe • EME 732 Analogue Electronic Design Prof. M. du Plessis • EDG 780 Digital Electronic Design Prof. S. Sinha, Mr J. Schoeman, Mr P.J. Venter DPSS, CSIR • EMK 732 Communication Electronics Prof. M. du Plessis • EPT 732 Research project – Theory Study leader/Student dependent • ERL 732 Research project – Design and laboratory Study leader/Student dependent • EEY 890/1 Dissertation (MEng / MSc) • EIN 990/1 Thesis (PhD (Eng) / PhD) 4

  5. Focus Areas & International Research Partners CMOS / Si device manufacture  INSiAVA (Pty) ltd • Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA • Others RF, RF MEMS and mm-wave ICs • IMT, Bucharest, Romania • Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany • University of Electronic Sciences and Technology, China • Sogang University, South Korea • ICE Laboratory, Georgia Tech., USA • Non-linear RF Lab, Ohio State University, USA MEMS simulation and manufacture • IMTEK, University of Freiburg, Germany • Others 5

  6. Peer-reviewed Research Outputs 6

  7. Aspects of RF System Integration 7

  8. Prototyping○ IC Foundries A [CMP] Wafer Europractice (Belgium) MOSIS (USA) CMP (France) AMS AMI TSMC UMC IHP IBM CSMC OMMIC ST IC FOUNDRIES CEFIM 8

  9. RF Circuit Building Blocks 9

  10. Conservative versus Innovative Approach • Integrated RF system • Planar, Quasi-2D Structures • Sub-mm Dimensions • VLSI Technology Material Set • Coupling through lossy Silicon • Integrated circuit yield • Quasi-Floating Ground Innovative Approach Conservative Approach Low-loss substrate Micromachined structures Wafer-level packaging Unaltered VLSI technology Circuit level innovation • Hybrid system • 3D Structures • cm-Dimensions • Diversity of Materials • Good ac Isolation • Known good component yield • RF Ground Plane 10

  11. System Component Statistics 11

  12. Hierarchy of RF Passives 12

  13. Discrete vs. Distributed 13

  14. Two Partition IC Digital CMOS Analogue CMOS High Performance Low-Power Low Cost SiGe HBT Chip 1: RF SiGe HBT, IF CMOS; Chip 2 – Baseband analogue & digital (all CMOS) 14

  15. Graduate Projects (2010) 2010: 2011: 15

  16. VGA In-phase + - Vector Sum Vcontrol_I + 90° Quadrature VGA + - Vcontrol_Q A 5 GHz VCO with 360° Variable Phase Outputs 16

  17. A 5 GHz SiGe CMOS Voltage Controlled Oscillator with Reduced Phase Noise 17

  18. Metal Layer Shunting (I) 18

  19. Metal Layer Shunting (II) 19

  20. Newer technologies (I) 20

  21. Newer technologies (II) Quality Factor Minimum Line Width (m) 21

  22. The software is a secondary outcome resulting from the dissertation of Mladen Božanić, a postgraduate student at the Carl & Emily Fuchs Institute for Microelectronics (CEFIM), a centre of the Department of Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa 22

  23. University of Pretoria○ Selected listing of funded projects (contract research) • Grintek Ewation • 2 Project (1-2 years) • A 5 GHz SiGe CMOS Voltage Controlled Oscillator with Reduced Phase Noise (delivered) • A Zero IF Receiver for mm-Wave Applications (contract awarded) • Defence, Peace, Safety & Security (DPSS), CSIR • Armscor (Origin: DoD) • 5 Student Postgraduate Projects (1-2 years each) • A 5 GHz Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) with 360° Variable Phase Outputs (delivered) • Reducing Jitter in High-Speed Serial Links(completed) • A Linear SiGe BiCMOS LNA for Wide Band Receivers(completed) • A SiGe BiCMOS LNA for mm-Wave Applications(in progress) • Power Efficient High Speed Analogue-to-Digital Converter in SiGe BiCMOS(in progress) 23

  24. Feedback/questions Prof. Saurabh Sinha, Pr Eng, SMIEEE Carl & Emily Fuchs Institute for Microelectronics Dept.: Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering University of Pretoria Pretoria 0002 SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27-(12)-420-2950 / 082-777-6893 E-mail: ssinha@ieee.org 24

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