Title :
A 20-GHz Injection-Locked LC Divider with a 25-% Locking Range
Author :
Shibasaki, Takayuki ; Tamura, Hirotaka ; Kanda, Kouichi ; Yamaguchi, Hisakatsu ; Ogawa, Junji ; Kuroda, Tadahiro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Keio Univ., Yokohama
Abstract :
A 20-GHz injection-locked LC divider is described. A Miller divider topology was employed along with a coupling circuit to maximize the locking range. A test chip designed in a 90nm CMOS technology operates at 20 GHz with 25% locking range while consuming 6.4 mW of power
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; coupled circuits; frequency dividers; microwave integrated circuits; nanotechnology; voltage-controlled oscillators; 20 GHz; 6.4 mW; 90 nm; CMOS technology; Miller divider; coupling circuit; injection-locked LC divider; voltage-controlled oscillator; CMOS technology; Circuit testing; Circuit topology; Clocks; Coupling circuits; Frequency conversion; Laboratories; Resonant frequency; Voltage; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Circuits, 2006. Digest of Technical Papers. 2006 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0006-6
DOI :
10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705364
