A 30 to 44 GHz divide-by-2, quadrature, direct injection locked frequency divider for sliding-IF 60 GHz transceivers

Author

Cheema, Hammad M. ; Mahmoudi, Reza ; Van Roermund, Arthur

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands

fYear

2010

Firstpage

57

Lastpage

60

Abstract

This paper presents a wideband 40 GHz divide-by-2 quadrature injection locked frequency divider (Q-ILFD) as an enabling component for sliding-IF 60 GHz transceivers. The design incorporates direct injection topology and input power matching using interconnect inductances to enhance injection efficiency. This results in an excellent input sensitivity and a wide locking range. Fabricated in a 65 nm bulk CMOS technology, the divider operates from 30.3 to 44 GHz (37% locking range) while consuming 9 mW from a 1.2 V supply. The measured phase noise is -131 dBc/Hz at 1-MHz offset whereas the phase error between I-Q outputs is less than 1.44Â°.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; millimetre wave integrated circuits; transceivers; CMOS technology; direct injection locked frequency divider; frequency 1 MHz; frequency 30 GHz to 44 GHz; frequency 60 GHz; interconnect inductances; power 9 mW; quadrature injection locked frequency divider; sliding-IF transceivers; voltage 1.2 V; Baseband; CMOS technology; Circuit synthesis; Filters; Frequency conversion; Frequency synthesizers; Millimeter wave technology; Phase noise; Transceivers; Voltage-controlled oscillators; 60 GHz sliding-IF; Direct injection; Frequency synthesizer; Injection locked frequency divider;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF), 2010 Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5456-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMIC.2010.5422946

Filename

5422946