A D-Band Dual-Mode Dynamic Frequency Divider in 130-nm SiGe Technology

Sining An; Zhongxia Simon He; Franz Dielacher; Herbert Zirath

doi:10.1109/LMWC.2020.3033076

A D-Band Dual-Mode Dynamic Frequency Divider in 130-nm SiGe Technology

Sining An, Zhongxia Simon He^*, Franz Dielacher, Herbert Zirath

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In this work, a dual-mode (divide-by-2 and divide-by-3) dynamic frequency divider is presented. A tunable delay gated ring oscillator (TDGRO) topology is proposed for dual-mode operation and bandwidth extension. It uses a 130-nm gate length SiGe BiCMOS technology with the $f_{t}$ and $f_{\mathrm {max}}$ of 250 and 370 GHz, respectively. Verification shows that it works at $W$ -band from 70 to 114 GHz (47.8% bandwidth) for divide-by-2 and works at $D$ -band from 105 to 160 GHz (41.5% bandwidth) for divide-by-3. This divider can be used in integrated phase-locked loops (PLLs) at millimeter-wave frequencies.

Original language	English
Article number	9246229
Pages (from-to)	1169-1172
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
Volume	30
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWC.2020.3033076
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

BiCMOS
D-band
dual-mode
dynamic
frequency divider
millimeter-wave
SiGe
W-band

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