A 24-mW 60-GHz OOK RF transceiver for 3-Gbps data communication

This paper presents the design and experimental results of a low-power 60-GHz OOK transceiver. For low-power operation, a simple OOK structure is utilized. A switching modulator in the transmitter consumes less power due to no power consumption at the low-state of data signal. In addition, an LO generater in the receiver is not required. The transceiver has been implemented in a 65-nm CMOS technology. The transmitter and the receiver consume 23.6-mW and 24-mW from a 1.0 V supply, respectively. The transmitter has an output power of −5 dBm, on/off isolation of 34.5 dB, and tuning range of 54 to 61.5 GHz. The receiver has a conversion gain of 22 dB and a bandwidth over 3 GHz.