Single-Event Effects in a W-Band (75-110 GHz) Radar Down-Conversion Mixer Implemented in 90 nm, 300 GHz SiGe HBT Technology

Saeed Zeinolabedinzadeh; Ickhyun Song; Uppili S. Raghunathan; Nelson E. Lourenco; Zachary E. Fleetwood; Michael A. Oakley; Adilson S. Cardoso; Nicolas J.H. Roche; Ani Khachatrian; Dale McMorrow; Stephen P. Buchner; Jeffrey H. Warner; Pauline Paki-Amouzou; John D. Cressler

doi:10.1109/TNS.2015.2496780

Single-Event Effects in a W-Band (75-110 GHz) Radar Down-Conversion Mixer Implemented in 90 nm, 300 GHz SiGe HBT Technology

Saeed Zeinolabedinzadeh, Ickhyun Song, Uppili S. Raghunathan, Nelson E. Lourenco, Zachary E. Fleetwood, Michael A. Oakley, Adilson S. Cardoso, Nicolas J.H. Roche, Ani Khachatrian, Dale McMorrow, Stephen P. Buchner, Jeffrey H. Warner, Pauline Paki-Amouzou, John D. Cressler

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This paper investigates single-event effects in a W-Band (75-110 GHz) SiGe HBT down-conversion mixer intended for use in a space-based remote sensing radar system. Transient pulse propagation to the output of the mixer as a linear time variant system is analyzed theoretically. This study facilitates the understanding of transient propagation in RF receivers. Device-and circuit-level simulations were conducted to verify the results of the proposed theory. A two photon absorption laser was used to induce transients on different SiGe HBTs within the circuit to assess the impact of SETs on performance. This study shows that significant transients can be produced at the output of the mixer, which can potentially corrupt the received data or received pulse of the radar. It is shown that a differential double-balanced structure can effectively eliminate some of the transients at the output of the mixer. To the authors' best knowledge this is the first study of single event transients conducted on a millimeter-wave SiGe circuit.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	7348824
Pages (from-to)	2657-2665
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume	62
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2015.2496780
State	Published - Dec 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Down-conversion mixer
SiGe
millimeter-wave
radar
silicon-germanium
single-event transient
space missions
two-photon absorption laser
w-band

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Zeinolabedinzadeh, S., Song, I., Raghunathan, U. S., Lourenco, N. E., Fleetwood, Z. E., Oakley, M. A., Cardoso, A. S., Roche, N. J. H., Khachatrian, A., McMorrow, D., Buchner, S. P., Warner, J. H., Paki-Amouzou, P., & Cressler, J. D. (2015). Single-Event Effects in a W-Band (75-110 GHz) Radar Down-Conversion Mixer Implemented in 90 nm, 300 GHz SiGe HBT Technology. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 62(6), 2657-2665. Article 7348824. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2015.2496780

Zeinolabedinzadeh, S, Song, I, Raghunathan, US, Lourenco, NE, Fleetwood, ZE, Oakley, MA, Cardoso, AS, Roche, NJH, Khachatrian, A, McMorrow, D, Buchner, SP, Warner, JH, Paki-Amouzou, P & Cressler, JD 2015, 'Single-Event Effects in a W-Band (75-110 GHz) Radar Down-Conversion Mixer Implemented in 90 nm, 300 GHz SiGe HBT Technology', IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 62, no. 6, 7348824, pp. 2657-2665. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2015.2496780

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