Design of Transmit/Receive module chip for 28Ghz phase array

By: Ehtesham Raja

Chandresh singh
Sandeep singh

System Architecture
We are building a fully integrated 28­GHz four­element phased­array transceiver in silicon. A phased array is a multiple­antenna system 
in  which  beam  forming  is  achieved  by  varying  the  relative  phase  shifts  in  each  antenna  element.  Signals  from  all  elements  add  up 
coherently in one direction and incoherently in other directions leading to formation of a beam. Electronic phase­shifting enables beam 
steering.

• Receiver­
The Receiver section of the chip includes two step down­conversion path comprising­
Low­noise amplifier (LNA)
RF mixer
IF amplifier
Phase rotators
Combining amplifiers
Quadrature Mixer
VCO
In the LO path, the output of the VCO is routed to different elements and can be phase shifted locally by the phase rotators.
• Transmitter
The transmitter utilizes a local LO­path phase­shifting architecture to achieve beam steering 
1st stage up­converter
IF amplifier
RF Mixer
Phase Rotator
Power amplifier
VCO
 cτ = d sinθ

A(t) ≈ A(t − kτ )
ϕ (t) ≈ϕ (t − kτ )
φk = kωcτ
Receiver:
Transmitter:
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technology:

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Antennas

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Local LO-Path
Phase Shifting

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LO phase
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transmitter in CMOS,”