• DocumentCode
    1571435
  • Title

    A 9-Bit 6.3GHz 2.5W Quadrature Direct Digital Synthesizer MMIC

  • Author

    Yu, Xuefeng ; Dai, Fa Foster ; Yang, Dayu ; Kakani, Vasanth ; Irwin, J. David ; Jaeger, Richard C.

  • Author_Institution
    Auburn Univ., Auburn
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    52
  • Lastpage
    53
  • Abstract
    This paper describes a 9-bit, 6.3GHz low power quadrature DDS implemented in a 0.18mum SiGe BiCMOS technology. With a 9-bit accumulator and two sine-weighted DACs, this DDS is capable of generating quadrature sinusoidal waveforms up to 3.15GHz. The quadrature DDS MMIC occupies an active area of 2.3x2.5mm2 and consumes a total 2.5W power.
  • Keywords
    BiCMOS integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; MMIC; digital-analogue conversion; direct digital synthesis; MMIC; SiGe BiCMOS technology; accumulator; digital-analog converter; direct digital synthesizer; frequency 6.3 GHz; microwave monolithic integrated circuit; power 2.5 W; quadrature DDS; sine-weighted DAC; size 0.18 mum; word length 9 bit; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Clocks; Decoding; Energy consumption; Frequency synthesizers; Germanium silicon alloys; Indium phosphide; MMICs; Silicon germanium; Switches; DDS; SiGe; frequency synthesis; waveform generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    VLSI Circuits, 2007 IEEE Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Kyoto
  • Print_ISBN
    978-4-900784-05-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-4-900784-05-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VLSIC.2007.4342762
  • Filename
    4342762