A 0.6ps jitter 2–16 GHz 130nm CMOS frequency synthesizer for broadband applications

Author

Yung-Chung Lo ; Rashidi, Negar ; Yin-Huan Hwang ; Silva-Martinez, Jose

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

24-27 May 2015

Firstpage

3048

Lastpage

3051

Abstract

A low-power 2-16 GHz frequency synthesizer fabricated in 130nm CMOS technology is presented. A singlesideband mixer combines feed-forward and regenerative mixing techniques as well as frequency divide-by-two circuits to achieve the wide frequency range. A dynamic current-clipped QVCO that exhibits excellent phase noise and outstanding quadrature phase accuracy is developed. The frequency synthesizer fabricated in 130nm CMOS technology achieves 0.6ps jitter and spurs tones under -42dBc while consuming a maximum power of 64mW with 1.2/1.8V power supplies.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; UHF integrated circuits; feedforward; frequency synthesizers; integrated circuit manufacture; microwave integrated circuits; microwave mixers; CMOS; QVCO; feed-forward; frequency 2 GHz to 16 GHz; frequency divide-by-two circuits; low-power frequency synthesizer; power 64 mW; regenerative mixing; single-sideband mixer; size 130 nm; time 0.6 ps; voltage 1.2 V; voltage 1.8 V; Amplitude modulation; Frequency synthesizers; Mixers; Phase noise; Resonant frequency; Voltage-controlled oscillators; Cognitive Radio; Wide band frequency synthesizer; quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator; tunable CML frequency divider;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2015 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2015.7169330

Filename

7169330