A microwave frequency divider using an inverter ring and transmission gates

Author

Saavedra, C.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Queen´s Univ., Kingston, Ont., Canada

Volume

15

Issue

5

fYear

2005

fDate

5/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

330

Lastpage

332

Abstract

A divide-by-four frequency divider is presented that uses a CMOS inverter ring interspersed with transmission gates. The presence of the transmission gates prevents the inverter ring from oscillating. The signal to be divided is applied to the control voltage to the transmission gates. The integrated circuit operates at an input frequency of 2.2 GHz and yields an output signal at 0.55 GHz. The power dissipation is 14.4 mW. The IC was fabricated using 0.18 μm CMOS technology.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; MMIC frequency convertors; UHF frequency convertors; UHF integrated circuits; frequency dividers; invertors; 0.18 micron; 0.55 GHz; 2.2 GHz; CMOS inverter ring; RF CMOS; control voltage; divide-by-four frequency divider; microwave frequency divider circuit; power dissipation; transmission gates; CMOS logic circuits; CMOS technology; Clocks; Feedback; Frequency conversion; Frequency synthesizers; Integrated circuit yield; Power dissipation; Pulse inverters; Voltage control; Frequency divider; RF CMOS; inverter ring; transmission gates;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1531-1309

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LMWC.2005.847698

Filename

1427733