DocumentCode
3455191
Title
A 4 GHz CMOS multiple modulus prescaler
Author
Ahola, Rami ; Halonen, Kari
Author_Institution
Electron. Circuit Design Lab., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo, Finland
Volume
2
fYear
1998
fDate
1998
Firstpage
323
Abstract
This paper discusses the design of a multiple modulus prescaler for 4 GHz frequency range in a 0.35 μm CMOS process. The presented multiple modulus prescaler is especially useful in fractional-N phase-locked loop frequency synthesizers, but the design can also easily be reduced to a dual modulus prescaler commonly used in integer-N synthesizers. Operating from a single 2.7 V supply, the prescaler consumes 10 mA current at an input frequency of 4 GHz
Keywords
CMOS digital integrated circuits; frequency synthesizers; high-speed integrated circuits; prescalers; 0.35 micron; 10 mA; 2.7 V; 4 GHz; CMOS process; dual modulus prescaler; fractional-N PLL frequency synthesizers; integer-N synthesizers; multiple modulus prescaler; phase-locked loop frequency synthesizers; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Electronic circuits; Frequency conversion; Frequency synthesizers; Laboratories; Phase detection; Phase frequency detector; Phase locked loops; Radio frequency;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 1998 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Lisboa
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5008-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICECS.1998.814891
Filename
814891
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