Title : 
Limitations of fractional synthesizers for 60 GHz WPANs: A survey
         
        
            Author : 
Regimbal, Nicolas ; Deval, Yann ; Badets, Franck ; Bégueret, Jean-Baptiste
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
IMS Lab., Univ. of Bordeaux, Talence, France
         
        
        
            fDate : 
June 28 2009-July 1 2009
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper presents an overview of the available fractional-N frequency synthesizers dedicated to 60 GHz WPAN applications. The aim of this study is to determine the most suited architecture to fit the requirements of the upcoming 802.15.3 c standard.
         
        
            Keywords : 
frequency synthesizers; personal area networks; 802.15.3c standard; WPAN; dithering technique; fractional synthesizers; frequency 60 GHz; Bandwidth; Bit rate; FCC; Frequency synthesizers; Laboratories; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; OFDM; Physical layer; Topology; 60GHz; 802.15.3c; dithering technique; fractional synthesizer; frequency synthesis;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Circuits and Systems and TAISA Conference, 2009. NEWCAS-TAISA '09. Joint IEEE North-East Workshop on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Toulouse
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-4573-8
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-4574-5
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/NEWCAS.2009.5290430