Title
A 130nm CMOS tunable digital frequency divider for dual-band microwave radiometer
Abstract
An inductorless, divide-by-256 fixed-modulus digital frequency divider with programmable input sensitivity, fabricated in 130 nm CMOS bulk process, is presented. Both the absence of inductors and the architecture used allow to obtain a small sized chip. The fabricated frequency divider exhibits two minima in sensitivity at 4.4 GHz and 6.25 GHz consuming about 5.4 mW from a 1.2 V voltage supply. The total active area of the frequency divider is 360 × 115 ¿m2.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1109/ICECS.2009.5410975
ICECS
Keywords
Field
DocType
radiometry,cmos bulk process,cmos integrated circuits,voltage 1.2 v,cmos tunable digital frequency divider,frequency 6.25 ghz,size 130 nm,frequency 4.4 ghz,circuit tuning,divide-by-256 fixed-modulus digital frequency divider,frequency dividers,inductorless digital frequency divider,microwave devices,dual-band microwave radiometer,programmable input sensitivity,chip,microwave radiometer,sensitivity
Frequency divider,Computer science,Inductor,Chip,Electronic engineering,CMOS,Frequency multiplier,Electrical engineering,Wilkinson power divider,Multi-band device,Voltage divider
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4244-5091-6
0
0.34
References 
Authors
1
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Davide Dermit183.91
Fabio Ducati200.68
Damenico Balsamo300.34
Paolo Lucchi400.34
Mattia Borgarino573.37
Gilles Jacquemod62013.87