This brief presents a quad-channel 2.0 GS/s digital downconverter (DDC) chip in 65nm CMOS that supports the NASA Stratospheric Water Inventory and Tomography by Convective Hydration (SWITCH) spaceborne instrument. The… Click to show full abstract
This brief presents a quad-channel 2.0 GS/s digital downconverter (DDC) chip in 65nm CMOS that supports the NASA Stratospheric Water Inventory and Tomography by Convective Hydration (SWITCH) spaceborne instrument. The presented DDC chipset provides a wide input bandwidth and allows the transmitted 380 GHz signals to be channelized to perform the atmospheric measurements. The prototype DDC chip is implemented in a 65nm CMOS technology and consumes 177mW of DC power.
               
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