A 10.56 Gbit/s, -27.8 dB EVM Polar Transmitter at 60 GHz in 28nm CMOS

A 28 nm CMOS 60 GHz polar transmitter (TX) is presented. It can handle modulations up to 64 QAM with a baud rate up to 1.76 Gbaud. Both amplitude and phase modulation are performed on chip at a sample rate up to 5.28 GS/s. The saturated output power is 12.6 dBm and the peak drain efficiency is 26.0 %. A TX data rate of 10.56 Gb/s is achieved with a DAC alias at -19.4 dBc. With a core area of 0.115 mm
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this transmitter consumes 95.4 mW (without on-chip memory) from a 0.9 V supply.