A Phase Coherent 7-bit Digital Step Attenuator on 0.18 mu m SOI

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2017-10-10

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Jarihani, Arash Ebrahimi
Kocer, Fatih

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We present a novel digital step attenuator (DSA) with low phase variation under attenuation state and frequency changes. This is achieved while keeping all other specifications comparable with the state-of-the-art. To compensate the phase shift, a number of switchable phase compensating blocks are employed. Unlike previous studies, this work achieves very low phase variation in a commercial, 4x4 quad-flat no-leads (QFN) package, where wirebond effects are significant. The proposed attenuator has 7-bit control with 0 to 31.75 dB attenuation range with 0.25 dB step sizes and achieves accurate attenuation settings in a wide frequency range. The attenuator is fabricated in a commercial 0.18 mu m RF silicon-on-insulator (SOI) process. The measurement results show that the attenuator has an amplitude error of less than 1 dB, while introducing a maximum of +/- 3 degrees phase shift up to 2.2 GHz and less than +/- 6 degrees between 2.2-3.5 GHz. This approach provides at least 2.5-fold improvement in the phase shift when compared to commercial attenuators. The input 1 dB compression point and IIP3 are measured typically higher than 35 dBm and 45 dBm, respectively. Total chip size, including pads, is 1.95mm X 0.95mm.

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Digital step attenuator, Phase coherent attenuator, SOI, High linearity and power handling attenuator, Phased array systems

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/64674

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A. E. Jarihani and F. Kocer, “A Phase Coherent 7-bit Digital Step Attenuator on 0.18 mu m SOI,” 2017, p. 167, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/64674.