Recent Advances in mm-Wave and Sub-THz/THz Oscillators for FutureG Technologies

Ahmad Rezvanitabar; Baktash Behmanesh

arxiv: 2604.26903 · v1 · submitted 2026-04-29 · 📡 eess.SP · cs.AI· cs.AR· cs.ET· cs.SY· eess.SY

Recent Advances in mm-Wave and Sub-THz/THz Oscillators for FutureG Technologies

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A literature review summarizing design approaches, performance metrics, challenges, and emerging techniques for mm-wave and sub-THz/THz oscillators in semiconductor technologies for future communication and computing.

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The paper surveys oscillators that generate signals at very high frequencies used in next-generation wireless networks. It covers designs built with three main chip technologies: standard silicon CMOS, silicon-germanium, and more specialized III-V materials. Performance is judged on factors like how clean the signal is, how much power it produces, how efficient it is, how much the frequency can be adjusted, and how stable it remains. The review points out difficulties in making these oscillators work reliably at such high speeds and describes newer methods being tried to improve them. Its purpose is to give engineers practical pointers for building better hardware needed in future phones, data centers, and sensors.

Core claim

By evaluating recent design trends, this work aims to offer valuable insights and design guidelines that facilitate the development of robust mm-wave and sub-THz/THz oscillators for future communication, computing, and sensing applications.

Load-bearing premise

That the papers selected for review represent a balanced and comprehensive sample of the state of the art, and that the chosen performance metrics (phase noise, output power, efficiency, tunability, stability) are the most relevant for guiding futureG technology development.

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This paper provides a concise yet comprehensive review of recent advancements in millimeter-wave (mm-wave) oscillators below 100 GHz and sub-terahertz (sub-THz/THz) oscillators above 100 GHz for next-generation computing and communication systems, including 5G, 6G, and beyond. Various design approaches, including CMOS, SiGe, and III-V semiconductor technologies, are explored in terms of performance metrics such as phase noise, output power, efficiency, frequency tunability, and stability. The review highlights key challenges in achieving high-performance and reliable oscillator designs while discussing emerging techniques for performance enhancement. By evaluating recent design trends, this work aims to offer valuable insights and design guidelines that facilitate the development of robust mm-wave and sub-THz/THz oscillators for future communication, computing, and sensing applications.

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This is a standard literature review of mm-wave and sub-THz oscillators with no new designs or analysis.

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This paper is a literature review of recent advances in mm-wave and sub-THz/THz oscillators for FutureG technologies. It doesn't present any new experimental results, derivations, or techniques. What it does well is survey design approaches across CMOS, SiGe, and III-V semiconductors, focusing on key metrics such as phase noise, output power, efficiency, frequency tunability, and stability. By highlighting challenges and emerging techniques, it aims to provide design guidelines for future applications in communication, computing, and sensing. The soft spots are that, as with most reviews, its value depends on the completeness and fairness of the paper selection and the depth of the trend analysis. The abstract doesn't indicate any quantitative meta-review or identification of specific gaps that go beyond common knowledge in the field. If the full text is mostly descriptive without critical evaluation, it won't offer much beyond what a targeted literature search could provide. This is the sort of paper that could be useful for graduate students or engineers entering the area of high-frequency oscillator design who want an organized overview rather than diving straight into individual publications. It might be appropriate for peer review in a journal that includes survey articles, since the topic is timely for 6G development, though referees should check for balanced coverage and substantive insights. My recommendation is to consult it for background if you're working in related RF or THz tech, but look to the primary sources for detailed design work.

Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript is a review of recent advancements in mm-wave oscillators below 100 GHz and sub-THz/THz oscillators above 100 GHz for 5G, 6G, and sensing applications. It covers design approaches in CMOS, SiGe, and III-V technologies evaluated on phase noise, output power, efficiency, frequency tunability, and stability. The paper identifies challenges, discusses enhancement techniques, and derives design guidelines from observed trends in the literature.

Significance. If the literature selection proves representative, the review could be useful for consolidating knowledge on high-frequency oscillators and guiding design choices in an emerging area. The multi-technology comparison and focus on conventional metrics are appropriate strengths for a survey paper in this domain.

major comments (1)

[Introduction] The abstract and introduction claim a 'concise yet comprehensive review' that yields 'valuable insights and design guidelines' from 'recent design trends.' No section describes the literature search strategy, inclusion criteria, or time window for selected papers. This absence directly affects the ability to evaluate whether the synthesized trends and guidelines are balanced or representative.

minor comments (2)

The term 'FutureG' in the title is nonstandard; define it explicitly or substitute '6G and beyond' for broader accessibility.
Ensure consistent acronym usage (e.g., expand 'mm-wave,' 'THz,' 'CMOS,' 'SiGe,' and 'III-V' at first occurrence in the main text).

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As a review paper the central claim rests on the authors' selection and interpretation of existing publications rather than new free parameters, axioms, or invented entities.

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Recent Advances in mm-Wave and Sub-THz/THz Oscillators for FutureG Technologies

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