• DocumentCode
    3462933
  • Title

    UWB Fast-Hopping Frequency Generation Based on Sub-Harmonic Injection Locking

  • Author

    Toso, Stefano Dal ; Bevilacqua, Andrea ; Tiebout, Marc ; Marsili, Stefano ; Sandner, Christoph ; Gerosa, Andrea ; Neviani, Andrea

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Padova, Padova
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    3-7 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    124
  • Lastpage
    601
  • Abstract
    In this work, a completely different approach for LO generation is presented that uses sub-harmonic injection locking. Measurement results in 90nm CMOS clearly show the chip meets the required performance, while it has the lowest area and power as compared to the reported state-of-the-art.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; frequency hop communication; harmonic oscillators (circuits); injection locked oscillators; optical frequency conversion; ultra wideband technology; 90nm CMOS; LO generation; UWB fast-hopping frequency generation; size 90 nm; subharmonic injection locking; CMOS technology; Capacitors; Circuit testing; Digital control; Frequency synthesizers; Injection-locked oscillators; Microwave theory and techniques; Phase noise; Semiconductor device measurement; Transceivers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2008. ISSCC 2008. Digest of Technical Papers. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2010-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2011-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSCC.2008.4523088
  • Filename
    4523088