NDLI: High-Efficiency Wideband Rectifier for Single-Chip Batteryless Active Millimeter-Wave Identification (MMID) Tag in 65-nm Bulk CMOS Technology

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Author	Burasa, P. Constantin, N.G. Ke Wu
Copyright Year	1963
Abstract	This paper presents the development and demonstration of a high-efficiency rectifier for millimeter-wave-to-dc energy conversion. It is a critical circuit block that renders possible the use of a single CMOS chip die with no substrate and wiring, as the implementation of a batteryless, yet active tag for next-generation high data-rate millimeter-wave identification technologies. We also propose an architecture of a reader-tag system that addresses the underlying technical challenges. The rectifier is based on a differential drive cross-coupled topology that has been shown to work at UHF frequencies only so far. In this paper, we investigate significant challenges in implementing this topology at millimeter-wave frequencies with good power conversion efficiency (PCE). The analyses, design, and results presented in this work demonstrate the feasibility of achieving this by minimizing simultaneously the small on-resistance and the reverse leakage current in the MOS transistors, and by reducing losses and parasitic capacitances through proper transistor sizing and layout optimization. Using a standard 65-nm bulk CMOS process, a chip was designed, fabricated, and tested under different input and output loading conditions. The rectifier exhibits an overall PCE of 20% at 24 GHz, 18% at 35 GHz, and 11% at 60 GHz under RF available driving power of 6, 6, and 3 dBm, respectively, and output load resistance of 1, 1, and 2 kΩ, respectively. These PCE performances at millimeter-wave frequencies have never been reported in the literature.
Sponsorship	IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
Starting Page	1005
Ending Page	1011
Page Count	7
File Size	1856668
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00189480
Volume Number	62
Issue Number	4
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2014-01-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Millimeter wave transistors Radio frequency Capacitors CMOS integrated circuits Radiofrequency identification wireless power transmission Active RF identification (RFID) backscattering batteryless CMOS millimeter wave millimeter-wave identification (MMID) passive RFID power conversion efficiency (PCE) rectifier ultra-high frequency (UHF)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Condensed Matter Physics Electrical and Electronic Engineering Radiation

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