SiGe BiCMOS Voltage-Controlled Oscillator and Mixer IP-blocks for the Next-Generation Communication Transceivers

Design and testing results of I/Q mixer and voltage-controlled oscillator IP-blocks for application in 5G communications are presented. IP-blocks were implemented in a commercial 0.42/0.25 μm SiGe BiCMOS process. The test results demonstrate that designed mixer has a conversion gain of more than 5.5 dB in the operating RF frequency range from 25.5 GHz to 26.5 GHz and IF frequency range from 1 GHz to 2 GHz, power consumption less than 235 mW. The designed voltage-controlled oscillator has an operating frequency range from 20.8 GHz to 24.6 GHz in the control voltage range from 0 V to 4 V, the output power is not less than 6 dBm, power consumption is less than 116 mW.