Opening terahertz for everyday applications

KO Kenneth, W Choi, Q Zhong… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
CMOS IC technology has become an affordable means for implementing capable systems
operating at 300 GHz and above. CMOS circuits have been used to generate a signal up to …

A 420-GHz Sub-5-μm Range Resolution TX–RX Phase Imaging System in 40-nm CMOS Technology

D Simic, K Guo, P Reynaert - IEEE Journal of Solid-State …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a 420-GHz phase imaging system designed in a 40-nm CMOS
technology. It consists of a transmitter (TX), based on a multiplier chain, and a receiver (RX) …

300-GHz double-balanced up-converter using asymmetric MOS varactors in 65-nm CMOS

Z Chen, W Choi, KO Kenneth - IEEE Journal of Solid-State …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A 270–300-GHz double-balanced up-converter fabricated in 65-nm CMOS is presented. The
up-converter is the first to employ accumulation mode MOS asymmetric varactors (ASVARs) …

Terahertz even-order subharmonic mixer using symmetric MOS varactors

Q Zhong, W Choi, KO Kenneth - IEEE Journal of Solid-State …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A 560-GHz radio frequency (RF) front-end employing an accumulation mode MOS
symmetric varactor (SVAR) subharmonic mixer achieves a minimum single sideband (SSB) …

425-to-25-GHz CMOS-integrated downconverter

I Momson, S Lee, S Dong… - IEEE Solid-State Circuits …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An integrated 425-GHz radio frequency (RF) to 25-GHz intermediate frequency (IF) second-
order subharmonic downconverter, including an on-chip 8X local oscillator (LO) signal …

22.3 a 0.42 THz coherent tx-rx system achieving 10dBm EIRP and 27db nf in 40nm CMOS for phase-contrast imaging

D Simic, K Guo, P Reynaert - 2021 IEEE International Solid …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The small wavelength and non-ionizing nature of EM waves in the THz spectrum make this
frequency band attractive for high-resolution imaging applications. While amplitudebased …

A 200–240 GHz sub-harmonic mixer based on half-subdivision and half-global design method

J Cui, Y Zhang, Y Xu, L Ye, F **ao, B Yan, R Xu - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For the terahertz harmonic mixer, a design model based on Half-Subdivision and Half-
Global Design Method (HS-HGDM) with a single functional unit is proposed. The single …

A fully integrated 490-GHz CMOS heterodyne imager adopting second subharmonic resistive mixer structure

KS Choi, DR Utomo, SG Lee - IEEE Microwave and Wireless …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A fully integrated 490-GHz heterodyne imager is reported. The imager adopts a second
subharmonic resistive mixer wherein the transmission lines and small capacitors are used to …

29.7 a 490GHz 32mw fully integrated CMOS receiver adopting dual-locking FLL

KS Choi, DR Utomo, KM Kim, BH Yun… - … Solid-State Circuits …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With growing interest in terahertz (THz) imaging, there has been an increasing demand for
low-cost, low-power, and high-sensitivity THz receiver. Lately, heterodyne structures in …

A Fully Integrated 490-GHz CMOS Receiver Adopting Dual-Locking Receiver-Based FLL

KS Choi, KM Kim, DR Utomo, IY Lee… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A fully integrated 490-GHz receiver (RX) adopting a dual-locking receiver-based FLL (DL-
RBFLL) is presented. The proposed RBFLL structure saves the power consumption by …