Design and analysis of a silicon-based millimeter-wave divide-by-3 injection-locked frequency divider

Chun Cheng Wang; Zhiming Chen; Vipul Jain; Payam Heydari

doi:10.1109/SMIC.2009.4770486

Design and analysis of a silicon-based millimeter-wave divide-by-3 injection-locked frequency divider

Chun Cheng Wang^*, Zhiming Chen, Vipul Jain, Payam Heydari

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University of California at Irvine

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Abstract

This paper presents an intuitive analysis and design/fabrication of a millimeter-wave (MMW) divide-by-3 injection-locked frequency divider (ILFD). Implemented in a 0.18μm BiCMOS technology, the ILFD circuit exhibits an injection locking range of 1.8-2.7GHz, a measurementlimited operating range of 75.6-78.6GHz inside a PLL while simulated is from 70.1-82.3GHz, and a phase noise of -105dBc/Hz @ IMHz offset from the carrier. To the authors' best knowledge, this divide-by-3 ILFD chip achieves the highest operating frequency reported to date inside a siliconvalldated frequency synthesizer loop.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2009 9th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF System, SiRF'09 - Digest of Papers
Pages	5-8
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SMIC.2009.4770486
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	2009 9th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF System, SiRF'09 - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 19 Jan 2009 → 21 Jan 2009

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Name	2009 9th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF System, SiRF'09 - Digest of Papers

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Conference	2009 9th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF System, SiRF'09
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	19/01/09 → 21/01/09

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits
Divide-by-2
Divide-by-3
Injection-locked frequency divider (ILFD)
Millimeter-wave
W-band

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Wang, C. C., Chen, Z., Jain, V., & Heydari, P. (2009). Design and analysis of a silicon-based millimeter-wave divide-by-3 injection-locked frequency divider. In 2009 9th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF System, SiRF'09 - Digest of Papers (pp. 5-8). Article 4770486 (2009 9th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF System, SiRF'09 - Digest of Papers). https://doi.org/10.1109/SMIC.2009.4770486

Wang, Chun Cheng ; Chen, Zhiming ; Jain, Vipul et al. / Design and analysis of a silicon-based millimeter-wave divide-by-3 injection-locked frequency divider. 2009 9th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF System, SiRF'09 - Digest of Papers. 2009. pp. 5-8 (2009 9th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF System, SiRF'09 - Digest of Papers).

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Wang, CC, Chen, Z, Jain, V & Heydari, P 2009, Design and analysis of a silicon-based millimeter-wave divide-by-3 injection-locked frequency divider. in 2009 9th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF System, SiRF'09 - Digest of Papers., 4770486, 2009 9th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF System, SiRF'09 - Digest of Papers, pp. 5-8, 2009 9th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF System, SiRF'09, San Diego, CA, United States, 19/01/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/SMIC.2009.4770486

Design and analysis of a silicon-based millimeter-wave divide-by-3 injection-locked frequency divider. / Wang, Chun Cheng; Chen, Zhiming; Jain, Vipul et al.
2009 9th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF System, SiRF'09 - Digest of Papers. 2009. p. 5-8 4770486 (2009 9th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF System, SiRF'09 - Digest of Papers).

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