Robust frequency divider based on resonant tunneling devices

Author

Quintana, José M. ; Avedillo, María J. ; Huertas, José L.

Author_Institution

Centro Nacional de Microelectron., Instituto de Microelectron. de Sevilla, Spain

fYear

2005

fDate

23-26 May 2005

Firstpage

2647

Abstract

The behaviour of a novel and extremely compact resonant tunnelling diode (RTD)-based circuit able to implement a frequency divider is studied. It exhibits very high operating frequency and low power consumption. Compared to a previous similar reported circuit, it has wider operation windows, narrower quasi-periodicity regions and a higher division factor for the driver frequency, while maintaining the extremely high operating frequency, simplicity, and division factor tunability by selection of circuit parameters.

Keywords

frequency dividers; low-power electronics; microwave diodes; microwave frequency convertors; network topology; resonant tunnelling diodes; circuit parameters; division factor tunability; driver frequency division factor; frequency divider; operating frequency; operation windows; power consumption; quasi-periodicity regions; resonant tunneling devices; Bifurcation; Capacitors; Equations; Frequency conversion; Inductors; Microwave integrated circuits; Resonant tunneling devices; Robustness; VHF circuits; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2005. ISCAS 2005. IEEE International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8834-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1465170

Filename

1465170