High-Isolation CMOS T/R Switch Design Using a Two-Stage Equivalent Transmission Line Structure

A fully integrated Ku-band transmit/receive (T/R) switch based on a two-stage equivalent transmission line structure has been designed using a 180-nm complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) process. An analysis shows a relation between the series inductance and turn-on resistance for high iso...

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Main Authors: Chenxi Zhao, Yipeng Wu, Huihua Liu, Yunqiu Wu, KAI Kang
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Published: IEEE 2017-01-01
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description A fully integrated Ku-band transmit/receive (T/R) switch based on a two-stage equivalent transmission line structure has been designed using a 180-nm complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) process. An analysis shows a relation between the series inductance and turn-on resistance for high isolation. A stack structure with feed-forward capacitors was chosen as a means of improving the power-handling capability of the switch. A low insertion loss (IL) of the switch was achieved by eliminating series transistors. The measured minimum ILs of the switch in the transmitter (TX) and receiver (RX) modes are 2.7 dB and 2.3 dB, respectively. The measured isolations in the TX and RX modes are greater than 34 and 25 dB, respectively, from 15 to 18 GHz. The design reaches a measured input 1-dB power compression point (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$IP_{1}dB$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) of 22 dBm at 17 GHz. The switch achieves stringent isolation, insertion loss, and power-handling capability requirements along with the capability of full integration, demonstrating its great potential for use in fully integrated CMOS T/R chips.
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spelling doaj-art-b40bef9c4d0445ada14d01af4cc35b6c2025-08-20T03:08:25ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362017-01-015227042271210.1109/ACCESS.2017.27619058064630High-Isolation CMOS T/R Switch Design Using a Two-Stage Equivalent Transmission Line StructureChenxi Zhao0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7166-2755Yipeng Wu1Huihua Liu2Yunqiu Wu3KAI Kang4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0616-2994Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, ChinaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, ChinaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, ChinaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, ChinaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, ChinaA fully integrated Ku-band transmit/receive (T/R) switch based on a two-stage equivalent transmission line structure has been designed using a 180-nm complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) process. An analysis shows a relation between the series inductance and turn-on resistance for high isolation. A stack structure with feed-forward capacitors was chosen as a means of improving the power-handling capability of the switch. A low insertion loss (IL) of the switch was achieved by eliminating series transistors. The measured minimum ILs of the switch in the transmitter (TX) and receiver (RX) modes are 2.7 dB and 2.3 dB, respectively. The measured isolations in the TX and RX modes are greater than 34 and 25 dB, respectively, from 15 to 18 GHz. The design reaches a measured input 1-dB power compression point (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$IP_{1}dB$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) of 22 dBm at 17 GHz. The switch achieves stringent isolation, insertion loss, and power-handling capability requirements along with the capability of full integration, demonstrating its great potential for use in fully integrated CMOS T/R chips.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8064630/CMOS transmit/receive (T/R) switchlumped equivalent transmission line structureinsertion lossisolationpower-handling capabilityfull integration
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High-Isolation CMOS T/R Switch Design Using a Two-Stage Equivalent Transmission Line Structure
IEEE Access
CMOS transmit/receive (T/R) switch
lumped equivalent transmission line structure
insertion loss
isolation
power-handling capability
full integration
title High-Isolation CMOS T/R Switch Design Using a Two-Stage Equivalent Transmission Line Structure
title_full High-Isolation CMOS T/R Switch Design Using a Two-Stage Equivalent Transmission Line Structure
title_fullStr High-Isolation CMOS T/R Switch Design Using a Two-Stage Equivalent Transmission Line Structure
title_full_unstemmed High-Isolation CMOS T/R Switch Design Using a Two-Stage Equivalent Transmission Line Structure
title_short High-Isolation CMOS T/R Switch Design Using a Two-Stage Equivalent Transmission Line Structure
title_sort high isolation cmos t r switch design using a two stage equivalent transmission line structure
topic CMOS transmit/receive (T/R) switch
lumped equivalent transmission line structure
insertion loss
isolation
power-handling capability
full integration
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8064630/
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