A novel 40-GHz flip-flop-based frequency divider in 0.18μm CMOS

Author

Mohanavelu, Ravindran ; Heydari, Payam

Author_Institution

Intel Corp., Folsom, CA, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

12-16 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

185

Lastpage

188

Abstract

This paper presents a 40GHz flip-flop-based frequency divider incorporating a latch topology with two distinct tail current sources and an enabled cross-coupled pair during the tracking mode, to speed up the latch operation and to increase the driving capability. The proposed frequency divider performs at 40GHz without shunt or series peaking inductors. The circuit was fabricated in a 0.18μm SiGe BiCMOS process provided by Jazz Semiconductor, where only CMOS transistors were used. It draws 5mA current from a 1.8V supply voltage.

Keywords

BiCMOS logic circuits; CMOS logic circuits; coupled circuits; flip-flops; frequency dividers; integrated circuit design; millimetre wave integrated circuits; network topology; 0.18 micron; 1.8 V; 40 GHz; 5 mA; BiCMOS process; CMOS transitors; SiGe; cross-coupled pair; driving capability; flip-flops; frequency divider; latch topology; tail current sources; tracking mode; BiCMOS integrated circuits; CMOS process; Circuit topology; Frequency conversion; Germanium silicon alloys; Inductors; Latches; Shunt (electrical); Silicon germanium; Tail;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2005. ESSCIRC 2005. Proceedings of the 31st European

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9205-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ESSCIR.2005.1541590

Filename

1541590