A Highly Efficient W-Band Rectifier MMIC in InP HBT Technology

Andreas Wentzel; Hady Yacoub; Tom K. Johansen; Wolfgang Heinrich; Viktor Krozer

doi:10.23919/EuMIC54520.2022.9923551

A Highly Efficient W-Band Rectifier MMIC in InP HBT Technology

Andreas Wentzel^*
, Hady Yacoub
, Tom K. Johansen
, Wolfgang Heinrich
, Viktor Krozer

^*Corresponding author for this work

Ferdinand-Braun-Institut

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Abstract

This paper presents a highly-efficient on-chip W-band single-diode rectifier for energy recovery in 6G transmitters and wireless power transfer applications. For the first time a W-band rectifier has been fabricated on an InP HBT process. The circuit consists of a 2 x (0.85 x 6 μm²) series p-n diode as the core rectification element and a big shunted capacitor. No input matching has been applied. At 108 GHz the rectifier achieves a measured record power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 69% for - 1.5 dBm RF input power (RFin). The PCE reaches 14 % for RFin of about 15 dBm with 5 mW of DC output power. The chip shows a very compact size with 360 x 260 μm² including pads.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 17th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC)
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2022
Pages	208-211
ISBN (Print)	978-2-87487-070-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/EuMIC54520.2022.9923551
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	17th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC) - Milan, Italy Duration: 26 Sept 2022 → 27 Sept 2022

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Conference	17th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC)
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Milan
Period	26/09/2022 → 27/09/2022

Keywords

Rectifier
W-band
Energy recovery
InP
Triple mesa
Power conversion
Power transfer

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Wentzel, A, Yacoub, H, Johansen, TK, Heinrich, W & Krozer, V 2022, A Highly Efficient W-Band Rectifier MMIC in InP HBT Technology. in Proceedings of the 17th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC). IEEE, pp. 208-211, 17th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), Milan, Italy, 26/09/2022. https://doi.org/10.23919/EuMIC54520.2022.9923551

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