TY - GEN
T1 - A sub-2.5ns frequency-hopped quadrature frequency synthesizer in 0.13-μm technology
AU - Lanka, Narasimha
AU - Patnaik, Satwik
AU - Harjani, Ramesh
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This paper presents a fast-hopping frequency synthesizer architecture with quadrature outputs, based on sub-harmonic injection-locking, that is compliant with Wireless-USB/WiMedia specifications. The synthesizer features a cross-coupled quadrature digitally-controlled oscillator, that is injection locked to a sub-harmonic frequency. On-chip mixers have been implemented to measure the quadrature accuracy of the outputs. The overall architecture is a CMOS-only implementation and has been fabricated in 0.13-μm SiGe BiCMOS process. Measurement results indicate lock-times of less than 2.5 ns, a locked phase noise of -114 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset and a quadrature accuracy of better than 0.5°. The frequency synthesizer (excluding output buffers) occupies an area of 0.27 mm2 and consumes 14.5 mW of power. The best and worst case spur suppression achieved are 47 and 31 dB, respectively. This is the lowest power fast-hopping quadrature frequency synthesizer that has been reported to date.
AB - This paper presents a fast-hopping frequency synthesizer architecture with quadrature outputs, based on sub-harmonic injection-locking, that is compliant with Wireless-USB/WiMedia specifications. The synthesizer features a cross-coupled quadrature digitally-controlled oscillator, that is injection locked to a sub-harmonic frequency. On-chip mixers have been implemented to measure the quadrature accuracy of the outputs. The overall architecture is a CMOS-only implementation and has been fabricated in 0.13-μm SiGe BiCMOS process. Measurement results indicate lock-times of less than 2.5 ns, a locked phase noise of -114 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset and a quadrature accuracy of better than 0.5°. The frequency synthesizer (excluding output buffers) occupies an area of 0.27 mm2 and consumes 14.5 mW of power. The best and worst case spur suppression achieved are 47 and 31 dB, respectively. This is the lowest power fast-hopping quadrature frequency synthesizer that has been reported to date.
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U2 - 10.1109/CICC.2009.5280925
DO - 10.1109/CICC.2009.5280925
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:74049087435
SN - 9781424440726
T3 - Proceedings of the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference
SP - 57
EP - 60
BT - 2009 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC '09
T2 - 2009 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC '09
Y2 - 13 September 2009 through 16 September 2009
ER -