本研究使用台積電CMOS 90 nm 1P9M製程，設計並實作出一個適用28-30 GHz非侵入式血糖偵測系統之發射機。
平時糖尿病患者為了偵測血糖的濃度，平時都必須在手上刺針以量測血糖濃度，使患者造成疼痛。隨著糖尿病患者的增加，越來越多研究者開始重視這樣的議題，期望能設計出一個非侵入式的血糖偵測系統。此發射機由壓控震盪器產生訊號並透過連接在緩衝器上的阻抗轉換器將雙端訊號轉成單端並連接到輸入阻抗為50Ω的功率放大器上打出全頻帶最少4.5dBm的功率。晶片面積為1304 μm X 1287 μm。

A 28-30 GHz RF transmitter for non-invasive glucose sensing system is designed and fabricated in a standard 1P9M TSMC 90nm CMOS process.
Existing conventional method utilizing blood require acquisition of a blood sample by pricking the finger, which is painful and inconvenient In diabetes research, non-invasive glucose monitoring system have drawn more and more attention because the incidence of diabetes is increasing, and more and more people are affected currently. The transmitter is combined by a differential VCO following a buffer with an impedance transformer to connect to the single-ended stage PA with an input matching of 50 Ω. In the overall frequency band from 28 to 30 GHz the transmitter emit at least 4.5 dBm of power in the overall frequency band. The area of the die is 1304 μm X 1287 μm.

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