{"title":"A 120GHz quadrature frequency generator with 16.2GHz tuning range in 45nm CMOS","authors":"Wouter Volkaerts, M. Steyaert, P. Reynaert","doi":"10.1109/RFIC.2013.6569562","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. This paper presents a new architecture for a 120GHz quadrature frequency generator with large tuning range and immunity against PA-VCO coupling. Combining the output signals of two independent oscillators, the pulling effect is removed and the oscillator can be integrated with a PA and an antenna on the same chip. This architecture also makes quadrature generation with large tuning range feasible at 120GHz. The chip is fabricated in a 45nm CMOS technology and shows a tuning range of 16.2GHz (13.5%), a phase noise of -112dBc/Hz @ 10MHz offset and a phase error of 5°.","PeriodicalId":203521,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)","volume":"36 8-12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"12","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2013 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2013.6569562","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Summary form only given. This paper presents a new architecture for a 120GHz quadrature frequency generator with large tuning range and immunity against PA-VCO coupling. Combining the output signals of two independent oscillators, the pulling effect is removed and the oscillator can be integrated with a PA and an antenna on the same chip. This architecture also makes quadrature generation with large tuning range feasible at 120GHz. The chip is fabricated in a 45nm CMOS technology and shows a tuning range of 16.2GHz (13.5%), a phase noise of -112dBc/Hz @ 10MHz offset and a phase error of 5°.