Balanced CMOS LC-tank analog frequency dividers for quadrature LO generation

Author

Mazzanti, A. ; Larcher, L. ; Svelto, F.

Author_Institution

DII, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy

fYear

2005

fDate

18-21 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

575

Lastpage

578

Abstract

A regenerative circuit based on an LC-tank balanced divider is proposed in this paper for quadrature LO signal generation. For given tank quality factor, it provides larger operation bandwidth and improved quadrature accuracy when compared with conventional injection locked frequency dividers. The operation bandwidth can be adjusted dynamically simply regulating the biasing current. Experimental results, carried on 0.18 μm CMOS prototypes, show 42% range with a tank quality factor of 13.5 while driving 1.5pF output capacitance. At the band edge, biasing current is 8mA. Quadrature accuracy has been verified through the achievable image rejection of a purposely developed single side band up-converter. Measurements, performed on five samples, show a minimum image rejection of 44dB.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; Q-factor; analogue circuits; frequency dividers; injection locked oscillators; signal generators; 0.18 micron; 1.5 pF; 8 mA; CMOS prototypes; LC-tank balanced divider; analog frequency dividers; band edge; image rejection; injection locked frequency dividers; operation bandwidth; output capacitance; quadrature LO generation; quadrature accuracy; regenerative circuit; side band up-converter; signal generation; tank quality factor; Bandwidth; CMOS technology; Capacitance; Frequency conversion; Inductors; Injection-locked oscillators; Performance evaluation; Prototypes; Q factor; Signal generators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE 2005

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9023-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CICC.2005.1568733

Filename

1568733