Digitally Assisted, Fully Integrated, Wideband Transmitters for High-Speed Millimeter-Wave Wireless Communication Links

David del Rio is a researcher & RFIC designer, at Ceit-IK4 Research Center & Tecnun-University of Navarra, Spain.Ainhoa Rezola is a researcher & digital system designer, at Ceit-IK4 Research Center & Tecnun-University of Navarra, Spain.Juan Francisco Sevillano is a Senior researcher & digital system designer, at Ceit-IK4 Research Center & Tecnun-University of Navarra, Spain.Igone Velez is a Senior researcher & Head of ICT division, at Ceit-IK4 Research Center & Tecnun-University of Navarra, Spain.Roc Berenguer in an Associate Professor & Senior RFIC designer, at Tecnun-University, in Navarra, Spain.

• Introduction.- System level analysis of millimeter-wave wireless links.- Effect of Front-End Imperfections on Wideband Millimeter-Wave Signals.- Digital Compensation and Mitigation of I/Q gain and Phase Imbalance.- Design Methodology for BiCMOS mmW Integrated Circuits.- Upconverters.- Power Amplifiers.- Power Detectors.- A Fully Integrated and Digitally Assisted BiCMOS Transmitter for a 10-Gbps Wireless Link in the E-band.