Title :
Design and Analysis of Digital-Assisted Bandwidth-Enhanced Miller Divider in
CMOS Process
Author :
Kuo, Yen-Hung ; Tsai, Jeng-Han ; Huang, Tian-Wei ; Wang, Huei
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
A bandwidth-enhanced technique for a Miller divider is presented in this paper. The proposed frequency divider consists of a band-switched Miller divider and digital-assisted circuit to switch the resonator automatically. The proposed frequency divider is implemented in 0.18-μm CMOS technology and has a measured 57.4% bandwidth from 8.2 to 14.8 GHz at an input power of 0 dBm. The dc consumption is 12 mW. Compared to the previously reported Miller dividers, the proposed circuit achieves the widest fractional bandwidth.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; frequency dividers; low-power electronics; microwave frequency convertors; microwave resonators; CMOS process; band-switched Miller divider; bandwidth 8.2 GHz to 14.8 GHz; digital-assisted bandwidth-enhanced Miller divider; digital-assisted circuit; frequency divider; power 12 mW; resonator; size 0.18 mum; Bandwidth; Calibration; Detectors; Frequency conversion; Impedance; Resonant frequency; Switches; CMOS; Miller divider; digital-assisted circuit; regenerative frequency divider;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMTT.2012.2218120