A wide operation range CMOS frequency divider for 60GHz dual-conversion receiver

Author

Chen, Yi-Jan Emery ; Bai, Shuen-Yin ; Luo, Tang-Nian ; Yu, Yueh-Hua ; Heo, Deukhyoun

Author_Institution

Graduate Inst. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei

fYear

2006

fDate

11-13 June 2006

Abstract

This paper presents a wide operation range 0.18mum CMOS frequency divider for 60GHz wireless applications. The direct injection lock technique is used to perform the signal division at millimeter-wave frequency. The deep n-well is implemented under the NMOS switch transistor to improve the lock range of the frequency divider. Combined with band switching and analog frequency tuning, the operation range of the frequency divider covers from 43 to 49 GHz. Operated at 1V, the frequency divider consumes 8mW of power. The core circuit of the frequency divider occupies 200mum times 320mum of silicon estate

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; frequency dividers; integrated circuit design; microwave receivers; radio receivers; 0.18 micron; 1 V; 200 micron; 320 micron; 43 to 49 GHz; 60 GHz; 8 mW; CMOS frequency divider; NMOS switch transistor; analog frequency tuning; band switching; direct injection lock technique; dual-conversion receiver; millimeter wave frequency; signal division; CMOS technology; Cutoff frequency; Frequency conversion; Local oscillators; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; Millimeter wave transistors; Switches; Tuning; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2006 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9572-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.2006.1651185

Filename

1651185