A 43-GHZ static frequency divider in 0.13μM standard CMOS

Author

Liang, Bangli ; Chen, Dianyong ; Wang, Bo ; Cheng, Dezhong ; Kwasniewski, Tad

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON

fYear

2008

fDate

4-7 May 2008

Abstract

In this paper, a low supply static 2:1 frequency divider based on 0.13 mum CMOS is presented. It is designed for 40-Gb/s optical communication systems. Current-mode logic (CML) is adopted because of the higher speed compared to static CMOS and the robustness against common-mode disturbances. This frequency divider is designed with output buffer to drive the external 50 Omega loads. On-chip shunt peaking (SP) inductors and split-resistor (SR) loads are used to boost the bandwidth. The frequency divider uses a single 1.2-V supply voltage and consumes a total current of 32 mA. And the chip area is only 0.63 mm² with bonding pads.

Keywords

CMOS logic circuits; MIMIC; current-mode logic; frequency dividers; millimetre wave frequency convertors; optical communication equipment; bonding pads; common-mode disturbances; current 32 mA; current-mode logic; frequency 43 GHz; on-chip shunt peaking inductors; optical communication systems; size 0.13 mum; split-resistor loads; standard CMOS; static frequency divider; voltage 1.2 V; CMOS logic circuits; Frequency conversion; Inductors; Optical buffering; Optical design; Optical fiber communication; Optical frequency conversion; Robustness; Shunt (electrical); Strontium; CML; SP; SR; frequency divider;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2008. CCECE 2008. Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Niagara Falls, ON

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1642-4

Electronic_ISBN

0840-7789

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2008.4564505

Filename

4564505