A 0.6/1.2-V 14.1-mW 96.8GHz-to-108.5GHz transformer-based PLL with embedded phase shifter in 65-nm CMOS

Author

Yue Chao ; Luong, Howard C. ; Zhiliang Hong

Author_Institution

Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Hong Kong, China

fYear

2014

fDate

1-3 June 2014

Firstpage

93

Lastpage

96

Abstract

A low-voltage and low-power 96.8-108.5 GHz transformer-based PLL is implemented in a 65 nm CMOS technology. Consuming only 14.1 mW from 0.6 V/1.2 V supply, the PLL measures phase noise of -84 dBc/Hz at 100-kHz offset and -88 dBc/Hz at 1-MHz offset from a 99.4 GHz carrier while occupying a core chip area of 0.39 mm². Moreover, with an embedded phase shifter, the PLL output phase can be shifted by 360° range with an average resolution of 3.9° and amplitude variation less than ±0.1 dB.

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; low-power electronics; millimetre wave integrated circuits; millimetre wave phase shifters; phase locked loops; transformers; CMOS technology; PLL; embedded phase shifter; frequency 96.8 GHz to 108.5 GHz; low-power transformer; power 14.1 mW; size 65 nm; voltage 0.6 V; voltage 1.2 V; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Phase locked loops; Phase transformers; Tuning; Voltage-controlled oscillators; CMOS; PLL; VCO; divider; low power; low voltage; mm-Wave; phase array; phase shifter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Tampa, FL

ISSN

1529-2517

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3862-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.2014.6851667

Filename

6851667