Title:
MILLIMETER-WAVE QUADRATURE RECEIVERS FOR ATMOSPHERIC SENSING AND RADIOMETRY
MILLIMETER-WAVE QUADRATURE RECEIVERS FOR ATMOSPHERIC SENSING AND RADIOMETRY
| dc.contributor.advisor | Cressler, John D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Frounchi, Milad | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Steffes, Paul | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Lourenco, Nelson | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Gasiewski, Albin J. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Lightsey, Glenn | |
| dc.contributor.department | Electrical and Computer Engineering | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-14T16:08:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-14T16:08:13Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2021-12 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-10-04 | |
| dc.date.submitted | December 2021 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2022-01-14T16:08:13Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The objective of this research is to investigate the design challenges of millimeter wave (mm-wave) quadrature receivers for emerging applications and develop new ideas to ad- dress these challenges. Next-generation wireless networks, satellite communications, atmospheric sensing instruments, autonomous vehicle radars, and body scanners are targeting to operate at mm-wave frequencies, and high-performance electronics are needed to enable these technologies. In this research, we investigate novel circuit topologies to improve the performance of existing mm-wave quadrature receivers, particularly for radiometry and remote sensing applications. A transformer-based front-end switch is co- designed with an LNA where the transformer acts as the input matching network of the LNA, reducing the front-end loss and system noise figure. Broadband and low-loss quadrature signal generation networks are proposed to provide highly balanced quadrature signals to reject the image frequency content. In addition, a high-efficiency frequency multiplier topology is demonstrated, achieving superior performance compared to the state-of-the-art designs. Lastly, the reliability and noise performance of on-chip noise source devices (PN junctions) in a SiGe BiCMOS platform was characterized and compared. To confirm the advantages of our ideas, the measurement and simulation results of all fabricated circuits are presented and discussed. | |
| dc.description.degree | Ph.D. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/66082 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | |
| dc.subject | Radiometer | |
| dc.subject | SiGe | |
| dc.subject | Integrated Circuit | |
| dc.subject | Receiver | |
| dc.title | MILLIMETER-WAVE QUADRATURE RECEIVERS FOR ATMOSPHERIC SENSING AND RADIOMETRY | |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dc.type.genre | Dissertation | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.contributor.advisor | Cressler, John D. | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | School of Electrical and Computer Engineering | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | College of Engineering | |
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| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral |