Title :
A 16-to-18GHz 0.18-m Epi-CMOS Divide-by-3 Injection-Locked Frequency Divider
Author :
Wu, Hui ; Zhang, Lin
Author_Institution :
Rochester Univ., NY
Abstract :
A new injection-locked frequency divider (ILFD) topology is proposed for divide-by-odd-number operation. An 18 GHz divide-by-3 prototype is implemented using 0.18mum standard digital CMOS with low-resistivity substrate. It achieves 1 GHz locking range with 3.4dBm injection power, which increases to 3.2GHz with built-in tuning. The phase noise is close to theoretical value of 9.5dB down from input
Keywords :
CMOS digital integrated circuits; circuit tuning; frequency dividers; microwave frequency convertors; 0.18 micron; 1 GHz; 16 to 18 GHz; 3.2 GHz; built-in tuning; divide-by-3 injection-locked frequency divider; divide-by-odd-number operation; epi-CMOS injection-locked frequency divider; low-resistivity substrate; standard digital CMOS; Circuit topology; Filtering; Frequency conversion; Frequency synthesizers; Inductors; Injection-locked oscillators; MOSFETs; Power harmonic filters; Resonance; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2006. ISSCC 2006. Digest of Technical Papers. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0079-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.2006.1696312
