Title
A 50-GHz Phase-Locked Loop in 0.13-μ m CMOS
Abstract
A 50-GHz charge pump phase-locked loop (PLL) utilizing an LC-oscillator-based injection-locked frequency divider (ILFD) was fabricated in 0.13-mum logic CMOS process. The PLL can be locked from 45.9 to 50.5 GHz and output power level is around -10 dBm. The operating frequency range is increased by tracking the self-oscillation frequencies of the voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) and the frequency divider. The PLL including buffers consumes 57 mW from 1.5/0.8-V supplies. The phase noise at 50 kHz, 1 MHz, and 10 MHz offset from the carrier is -63.5, -72, and -99 dBc/Hz, respectively. The PLL also outputs second-order harmonics at frequencies between 91.8 and 101 GHz. The output frequency of 101 GHz is the highest for signals locked by a PLL fabricated using the silicon integrated circuits technology.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1109/JSSC.2007.900289
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
Keywords
DocType
Volume
CMOS logic circuits,frequency dividers,oscillators,phase locked loops,LC-oscillator-based injection-locked frequency divider,charge pump PLL,frequency 50 GHz,logic CMOS process,phase-locked loop,self-oscillation frequency,size 0.13 mum,voltage-controlled oscillator,CMOS,injection-locked frequency divider (ILFD),millimeter-wave,phase-locked loop (PLL),push-push voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO)
Journal
42
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
8
0018-9200
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.41
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
C. Cao19214.45
Yanping Ding2417.00
Kenneth K. O324942.87