A 120GHz quadrature frequency generator with 16.2GHz tuning range in 45nm CMOS

Author

Volkaerts, Wouter ; Steyaert, M. ; Reynaert, Patrick

Author_Institution

Katholieke Univ. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

fYear

2013

fDate

2-4 June 2013

Firstpage

207

Lastpage

210

Abstract

Summary form only given. This paper presents a new architecture for a 120GHz quadrature frequency generator with large tuning range and immunity against PA-VCO coupling. Combining the output signals of two independent oscillators, the pulling effect is removed and the oscillator can be integrated with a PA and an antenna on the same chip. This architecture also makes quadrature generation with large tuning range feasible at 120GHz. The chip is fabricated in a 45nm CMOS technology and shows a tuning range of 16.2GHz (13.5%), a phase noise of -112dBc/Hz @ 10MHz offset and a phase error of 5°.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; millimetre wave oscillators; power amplifiers; voltage-controlled oscillators; CMOS; PA-VCO coupling; antenna; frequency 120 GHz; frequency 16.2 GHz; oscillator; quadrature frequency generator; quadrature generation; size 45 nm; Antennas; CMOS integrated circuits; Couplings; Mixers; Tuning; Voltage-controlled oscillators; frequency pulling; millimeter wave; quadrature VCO; tuning range;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

1529-2517

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6059-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.2013.6569562

Filename

6569562