A 15-38 GHz Vector-Summing Phase-Shifter With 360° Phase-Shifting Range Using Improved I/Q Generator

作者：Qiu, Feng; Zhu, Haoshen; Wu, Liang; Che, Wenquan; Xue, Quan^*

来源：IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs , 2021, 68(10): 3199-3203.

DOI：10.1109/TCSII.2021.3074166

• Phase shifter
• I/Q generator
• vector-sum
• capacitive loading effect

This brief presents a 15-38 GHz vector-summing phase shifter (VSPS) with the full 360 degrees phase-shifting range in the 65nm CMOS process. An improved wideband quadrature all-pass filter (QAF) is designed to overcome the traditional one's capacitive loading effect and exhibits wideband I/Q performance. Analysis and comparison between the proposed QAF and the traditional one are discussed. For demonstration, a prototype VSPS with the full 360 degrees phase-shifting range from 15GHz to 38GHz using the proposed QAF is implemented in the 65nm CMOS process. The root means square (RMS) phase and gain errors are 2 degrees similar to 3.5 degrees and 0.7 dB similar to 1 dB from 15 GHz to 38 GHz, respectively. The power consumption is 19.2mW, and the whole chip is compact with a core size of 0.16mm(2).