A 180-GHz super-regenerative oscillator capable of 58 dB gain and fast switching at a rate up to 10 GHz is implemented in a 130nm SiGe BiCMOS technology. It is the fastest reported super-regenerative circuit in terms of data-rate and the first one to be packaged in a standalone mm-wave waveguide module. The oscillator has a tuning range of 6.5%, an output power of 0.5 dBm, and occupies an area of 0.72 mm2. When operated with a periodic quench signal, the circuit requires a minimum input power of −58 dBm for a phase coherent output. The circuit has a dc power consumption of 8.8 mW. QPSK and 8-phase shift keying (PSK) modulations with data rates up to 3 Gbit/s are demonstrated. The circuit is also integrated into a waveguide module and used to recover a wireless stream of 16QAM data at 16 Gbit/s, which is the highest reported in a super-regenerative circuit to date.

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具有高达 58 dB 增益的 180 GHz 超级再生振荡器，可实现有效的相位和幅度恢复

采用 130nm SiGe BiCMOS 技术实现了 180 GHz 超再生振荡器，其增益为 58 dB，并以高达 10 GHz 的速率快速切换。它是报告的数据速率最快的超再生电路，也是第一个封装在独立毫米波波导模块中的电路。该振荡器的调谐范围为6.5%，输出功率为0.5 dBm，占地面积为0.72 mm2。当使用周期性猝灭信号工作时，该电路需要 -58 dBm 的最小输入功率才能实现相位相干输出。该电路的直流功耗为 8.8 mW。演示了数据速率高达 3 Gbit/s 的 QPSK 和 8 相移键控 (PSK) 调制。该电路还集成到波导模块中，用于恢复 16 Gbit/s 的 16QAM 无线数据流，