• DocumentCode
    2953284
  • Title

    A 1.5 GHz, sub-2 mW CMOS dual-modulus prescaler

  • Author

    Benachour, Abdelaziz ; Embabi, Sherif H I ; Ali, Akbar

  • Author_Institution
    Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    613
  • Lastpage
    616
  • Abstract
    A 16/17 dual-modulus prescaler based on an improved phase switching architecture has been designed. It will be shown that moving the switching operation one stage closer to the input signal not only saves a significant amount of power, but also results in a more robust dual-modulus prescaler that, further, has a greatly reduced susceptibility to noise and spurious tones. With a 2.7 V power supply, measurements show that the prescaler draws less than 700 μA while running at 1.5 GHz
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; low-power electronics; prescalers; 1.5 GHz; 2 mW; 2.7 V; 700 muA; CMOS dual-modulus prescaler; low power circuit; phase switching architecture; Clocks; Educational institutions; Frequency; Noise reduction; Noise robustness; Power measurement; Power semiconductor switches; Power supplies; Semiconductor device noise; Switching circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Custom Integrated Circuits, 1999. Proceedings of the IEEE 1999
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5443-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CICC.1999.777356
  • Filename
    777356