Abstract
In this article, a geometric method, along with the concept of the reference circle, is proposed for the analysis of reflective-type phase shifter (RTPS). Comprehensive analyses of popular reflective loads, including capacitive load (CL), resonated load (RL), and $\pi $ -type load, are presented, revealing their limitations. The triple-resonating load technique is proposed to accomplish a full 360° phase shift range and suppress the loss variation. Further, a systematic design methodology for the RTPS using triple-resonating load is developed. Fabricated in 65-nm CMOS technology, the proposed RTPS occupies a core chip area of $0.076~\mu \text{m}^{2}$ . It achieves the first-ever 379° phase shift range at 29 GHz with only one control voltage. With dual-voltage control, a full 360° phase shift range with 8.3 ± 0.2 dB insertion loss is achieved. For both control methods, the return loss is better than 22.8 dB for all phase shift states.
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