A 15.5–39GHz BiCMOS VGA with phase shift compensation for 5G mobile communication transceivers

A BiCMOS VGA for the emerging 5G mobile communication systems operates from 15.5 to 39GHz with a maximum 17 dB gain, features 43 dB gain variation, and, due to the use of compensation circuits, it shows a reduced phase shift variation, namely 3° up to 30GHz for a gain variation of 23 dB. The VGA NF is 3.6-9 dB, its IIP3 is -1 dBm, while the power consumption is 104mW.