Dual-Channel Injection-Locked Quadrature LO Generation for a 4-GHz Instantaneous Bandwidth Receiver at 21-GHz Center Frequency

This paper presents a local oscillator (LO) generation scheme for a 21-GHz center-frequency 4-GHz instantaneous bandwidth channelized receiver. A single 1.33-GHz reference source is used to simultaneously generate 20- and 22-GHz LOs with quadrature outputs. Injection locking is used instead of conve...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques 2013-03, Vol.61 (3), p.1186-1199
Main Authors: Elbadry, M., Sadhu, B., Qiu, J. X., Harjani, R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Band pass filters
Bandwidth
Channelized receiver
Circuit properties
Circuits of signal characteristics conditioning (including delay circuits)
CMOS
Delay
Design. Technologies. Operation analysis. Testing
divider
Electric, optical and optoelectronic circuits
Electronic circuits
Electronics
Exact sciences and technology
Harmonic analysis
Harmonics
injection locking
injection-locked frequency divider (ILFD)
injection-locked frequency multiplier (ILFM)
instantaneous wideband
Integrated circuits
Microwave circuits, microwave integrated circuits, microwave transmission lines, submillimeter wave circuits
Microwaves
multiplier injection-locked oscillator (ILO)
oscillator
Oscillators
Oscillators, resonators, synthetizers
Phase noise
quadrature
quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator (QVCO)
Quadratures
Receivers
Reference signals
Semiconductor electronics. Microelectronics. Optoelectronics. Solid state devices
Switches
voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO)
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Summary:This paper presents a local oscillator (LO) generation scheme for a 21-GHz center-frequency 4-GHz instantaneous bandwidth channelized receiver. A single 1.33-GHz reference source is used to simultaneously generate 20- and 22-GHz LOs with quadrature outputs. Injection locking is used instead of conventional phase-locked loop techniques allowing low-power quadrature generation. A harmonic-rich signal, containing both even and odd harmonics of the input reference signal, is generated using a digital pulse slimmer. Two injection-locked oscillator chains are used to lock on to the 10th and 11th harmonics of the reference signal generating the 20- and 22-GHz quadrature LOs, respectively. The prototype design is implemented in IBM's 130-nm CMOS process, draws 110 mA from a 1.2-V supply, and occupies an active area of 1.8 mm 2 .
ISSN:0018-9480
1557-9670
DOI:10.1109/TMTT.2013.2241784