• DocumentCode
    629663
  • Title

    Analysis and design of divide-by-three LC-CMOS frequency dividers

  • Author

    Buonomo, A. ; Lo Schiavo, Alessandro

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Ing. dell´Inf., Seconda Univ. degli Studi di Napoli, Aversa, Italy
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    20-21 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Divide-by-three frequency dividers, based on a parallel injection, are analyzed and the actual locking phenomenon underlying their operation is shown. Analytical results allow us to predict the output steady-states and the locking range in terms of the circuit parameters, thus obtaining useful design insights. The derived results are shown to be very close to SPICE simulation results for a 0.13μm RF-CMOS process.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; SPICE; frequency dividers; radiofrequency integrated circuits; LC-CMOS; RF-CMOS; SPICE simulation; divide-by-three frequency dividers; parallel injection; size 0.13 mum; Frequency conversion; Harmonic analysis; Integrated circuit modeling; Oscillators; SPICE; Synchronization; Transistors; Analog frequency dividers; injection locking; injection-locked frequency dividers; synchronization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Faible Tension Faible Consommation (FTFC), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Paris
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-6105-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FTFC.2013.6577760
  • Filename
    6577760