Title :
CMOS low-power microwave frequency prescalers for wireless applications
Author :
Sheikh, Kashif M. ; Kwasniewski, Tadeusz A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Future consumer market communication systems are expected to operate at higher frequencies due to congestion within old frequency band allocations. Also advances in CMOS technology make it possible that RF circuits could be implemented in this low-power and inexpensive technology. In this paper we present dual-modulus prescalers in 1.2 μm CMOS and 0.8 μm BiCMOS operating up to 1.4 GHz and 1.26 GHz respectively
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; frequency synthesizers; mobile communication; phase locked loops; prescalers; 0.8 micron; 1.2 micron; 1.26 GHz; 1.4 GHz; BiCMOS; CMOS; dual-modulus prescalers; frequency band congestion; low-power microwave frequency prescalers; wireless applications; CMOS technology; Circuit synthesis; Counting circuits; Frequency conversion; Frequency synthesizers; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Radio frequency; Radio spectrum management; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1997. Engineering Innovation: Voyage of Discovery. IEEE 1997 Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
St. Johns, Nfld.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3716-6
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.1997.608316
