Approaches to enhance the performance of SiGe imagers operating near 130 GHz and 300 GHz

Jae Sung Rieh, Daekeun Yoon, Jongwon Yun, Kiryong Song, Jungsoo Kim, Sooyeon Kim, Junghwan Yoo, Mehmet Kaynak, Bernd Tillack

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    Abstract

    A comparison is made on high-frequency SiGe imagers to investigate the performance enhancement with circuit-level approaches: employing a front-end low noise amplifier (LNA) and employing heterodyne topology. Two imagers operating near 130 GHz, one with and the other without an LNA, were compared for the responsivity and the noise equivalent power (NEP). Also, two imagers operating near 300 GHz, one in direct and the other in heterodyne topology, were compared for the same parameters. Inserting a front-end LNA has led to changes in the peak responsivity and the minimum NEP with a factor of 63.5 and 0.011, respectively, near 130 GHz. Employing heterodyne topology for the 300 GHz imager resulted in changes with a factor of 52.8 and 0.18 for the same parameters.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationRFIT 2016 - 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
    ISBN (Electronic)9781509012350
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016 Sept 27
    Event2016 IEEE International Symposium on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology, RFIT 2016 - Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China
    Duration: 2016 Aug 242016 Aug 26

    Publication series

    NameRFIT 2016 - 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology

    Other

    Other2016 IEEE International Symposium on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology, RFIT 2016
    Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
    CityTaipei
    Period16/8/2416/8/26

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    © 2016 IEEE.

    Keywords

    • heterojunction bipolar transistors
    • imaging
    • receivers
    • silicon germanium
    • terahertz

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Computer Networks and Communications
    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    • Instrumentation

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