In this thesis, an E-band low noise amplifier, a broadband tripler and a su-per-heterodyne transmitter on LTCC package are presented. In the first place, an E-band low noise amplifier using 0.1-µm pHEMT technology is designed, fabricated and meas-ured. This LNA exhibits very high gain from 60 to 77 GHz with relative low power consumption. It shows the potential of pHEMT devices in the radio astronomy and other millimeter wave applications.
Secondly, a W-band tripler fabricated in TSMC advanced 65-nm CMOS process is designed and measured. Using the differential topology and compact transformer matching, the tripler achieves wide working range, good conversion gain and low power consumption. The measured results majorly agree with the simulation except unexpect-edly better harmonic rejection, which makes this tripler more competitive to other pub-lished multiplier.
Facing the demand in short range communication, a V-band super-heterodyne transmitter is demonstrated. The whole system is packaged in LTCC package, along with the dc bias network and antenna. This work exhibits the advantages of LTCC in high frequency application. The transmitter shows highest gain performance compared to other reported V-band transmitter realized in CMOS technology.
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