A 65 nm CMOS Phase-locked Loop for 5G Mobile Communications

Abstract

A phase-locked loop (PLL) for multiphase clock generation for 5G Mobile Communications is presented in TSMC 65 nm CMOS technology. The PLL consists mainly of a phase/frequency detector (PFD), a charge pump (CP), and a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) with a third-order loop filter. The source-switching CP with a rail-to-rail operational amplifier is used to obtain perfect current matching, and the rotary traveling-wave VCO is employed for low phase noise, high oscillation frequency and multiphase clock generation. Simulation results show that, from a single voltage supply of 1.2 V, the PLL can achieve the frequency range of 24.1 ~ 27.6 GHz, the phase noise of 95.2 dBc/Hz@1 MHz from the output frequency of 25.6 GHz, and the total power of 58.3 mW is consumed.