A 16-Channel W-band Phased-Array Receiver with a 8-Bit Octant Selector and Reflection-Type Phase Shifter of 0.23°/0.21-dB RMS Phase and Gain Error for ±30° Scanning Angle

Xianhu Luo; Yunbo Rao; Xu Cheng; Binbin Cheng; Hao Yang; Renai Chen; Yang Yu; Jiangan Han; Changxuan Han; Liang Zhang; Yang Tang; Xianjin Deng; Hao Gao

doi:10.1109/RFIC61187.2024.10600025

A 16-Channel W-band Phased-Array Receiver with a 8-Bit Octant Selector and Reflection-Type Phase Shifter of 0.23°/0.21-dB RMS Phase and Gain Error for ±30° Scanning Angle

Xianhu Luo, Yunbo Rao, Xu Cheng, Binbin Cheng, Hao Yang, Renai Chen, Yang Yu, Jiangan Han, Changxuan Han, Liang Zhang, Yang Tang, Xianjin Deng, Hao Gao

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Abstract

This paper introduces a W-band 16-channel phased array receiver featuring an 8-bit phase shifter and 3-bit VGA, designed for a ±30° scanning angle within the 92-96 GHz frequency range. To overcome gain limitations for precise phase control, a combination of an octant selector and a reflection-type phase shifter is proposed. Additionally, a VGA-PS-VGA sequence is suggested to address tuning step limitations for accurate gain control. With these methods, each channel achieves a 360° phase shift with a 1.4° per step and 4.8 dB gain tuning with 0.8 dB per step. The rms phase error is 0.23°, and the rms gain error is 0.21 dB. At 94 GHz, each channel exhibits a noise figure of 6.84 dB and a gain of 13.6 dB. The 16-channel array accomplishes ±30° scanning within the 92-96 GHz frequency range.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2024 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2024
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	163-166
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-3503-5947-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC61187.2024.10600025
Publication status	Published - 24 Jul 2024
Event	2024 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC) - Washington, United States Duration: 16 Jun 2024 → 18 Jun 2024

Conference

Conference	2024 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington
Period	16/06/24 → 18/06/24

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The authors thank the support of National Key Research & Development Program under Grant 2020YFB1805702.

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National Key Research and Development Program of China	2020YFB1805702
National Key Research and Development Program of China

Keywords

Phased arrays
Noise figure
Accuracy
Phase shifters
Receivers
Phase control
Radiofrequency integrated circuits
phased array
RTPS
and receiver
octand selector
phase shifter

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Luo, X., Rao, Y., Cheng, X., Cheng, B., Yang, H., Chen, R., Yu, Y., Han, J., Han, C., Zhang, L., Tang, Y., Deng, X., & Gao, H. (2024). A 16-Channel W-band Phased-Array Receiver with a 8-Bit Octant Selector and Reflection-Type Phase Shifter of 0.23°/0.21-dB RMS Phase and Gain Error for ±30° Scanning Angle. In 2024 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2024 (pp. 163-166). Article 10600025 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC61187.2024.10600025

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A 16-Channel W-band Phased-Array Receiver with a 8-Bit Octant Selector and Reflection-Type Phase Shifter of 0.23°/0.21-dB RMS Phase and Gain Error for ±30° Scanning Angle. / Luo, Xianhu; Rao, Yunbo; Cheng, Xu et al.
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A 16-Channel W-band Phased-Array Receiver with a 8-Bit Octant Selector and Reflection-Type Phase Shifter of 0.23°/0.21-dB RMS Phase and Gain Error for ±30° Scanning Angle

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