Simple and robust self-healing technique for millimetre-wave amplifiers - Jia, Haikun; Chi, Baoyong; Kuang, Lixue; Wang, Zhihua (IET circuits, devices & systems, 2016)
Keywords: Algorithms; amplifier chip; Amplifiers; Boards; circuit tuning; CMOS; CMOS integrated circuits; complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor; Detectors; Devices; dielectric materials; digital control; digitally controlled artificial dielectric transmission line; Field programmable gate arrays; field-programmable gate array; frequency 56 GHz; frequency shifting detector; frequency tuning component; gain 13.66 dB to 16.26 dB; gain 2.6 dB; Gate arrays; Healing; Impedance matching; impedance matching shifting; Integrated circuits; millimetre wave amplifiers; millimetre-wave amplifier; mm-wave amplifier; Noise levels; on-chip power detector; operation frequency shifting; Robustness; self-healing technique; Semiconductors; Sensors; size 65 nm; temperature variation; Transistors; Transmission lines; Tuning; temperature variation; size 65 nm; mm-wave amplifier; field programmable gate arrays; dielectric materials; field-programmable gate array; gain 13.66 dB to 16.26 dB; amplifier chip; millimetre-wave amplifier; frequency shifting detector; CMOS integrated circuits; circuit tuning; operation frequency shifting; gain 2.6 dB; frequency tuning component; digital control; transmission lines; complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor; impedance matching; self-healing technique; millimetre wave amplifiers; frequency 56 GHz; impedance matching shifting; on-chip power detector; digitally controlled artificial dielectric transmission line