W-band frequency synthesis using a Ka-band PLL and two different frequency triplers

Zhiming Chen; Chun Cheng Wang; Payam Heydari

doi:10.1109/RFIC.2011.5940607

W-band frequency synthesis using a Ka-band PLL and two different frequency triplers

Zhiming Chen^*, Chun Cheng Wang, Payam Heydari

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University of California at Irvine

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Abstract

Two chips for 96GHz frequency generation incorporating the same Ka-band PLL and (1) an injection-locked frequency tripler (ILFT); (2) a harmonic-based frequency tripler (HBFT) in 0.18μm SiGe BiCMOS are presented. The ILFT and HBFT preceded by the same Kaband PLL achieve measured closed-loop phase noise of -93dBc/Hz and -92dBc/Hz at 1MHz offset, respectively, from a reference frequency of 125MHz. The measured reference spurs are <-52dBc for both prototypes. Both chips have the same power consumption of 140mW from 1.8V/2.5V supplies. To the authors' best knowledge, this work presents the first implementation of an injection-locked-based frequency multiplier in SiGe BiCMOS process and performs a comparative study between two different triplers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2011 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2011 - Digest of Papers
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2011.5940607
Publication status	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	2011 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2011 - Baltimore, MD, United States Duration: 5 Jun 2011 → 7 Jun 2011

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Name	Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium
ISSN (Print)	1529-2517

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Conference	2011 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore, MD
Period	5/06/11 → 7/06/11

Keywords

Frequency generation
PLL
SiGe
W-band
frequency tripler
harmonics
injection-locked

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Chen, Z., Wang, C. C., & Heydari, P. (2011). W-band frequency synthesis using a Ka-band PLL and two different frequency triplers. In 2011 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2011 - Digest of Papers Article 5940607 (Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium). https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2011.5940607

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W-band frequency synthesis using a Ka-band PLL and two different frequency triplers. / Chen, Zhiming; Wang, Chun Cheng; Heydari, Payam.
2011 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2011 - Digest of Papers. 2011. 5940607 (Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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