A 28.5-32-GHz Fast Settling Multichannel PLL Synthesizer for 60-GHz WPAN Radio

A 28.5-32-GHz fast settling multichannel frequency synthesizer is implemented in 0.25-mum SiGe : C BiCMOS process technology for 60-GHz wireless personal area network (WPAN) applications. The phase-locked loop (PLL) synthesizes carrier frequencies between 28.5-32 GHz in step of 500 MHz, and settles...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques 2008-05, Vol.56 (5), p.1234-1246
Main Authors: LEE, Ja-Yol, LEE, Sang-Heung, KIM, Haecheon, YU, Hyun-Kyu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
60 GHz
Applied sciences
BiCMOS integrated circuits
Circuit properties
Circuits of signal characteristics conditioning (including delay circuits)
Digital circuits
Electric, optical and optoelectronic circuits
Electronic circuits
Electronics
Exact sciences and technology
Frequency conversion
Frequency synthesizer
Frequency synthesizers
Germanium silicon alloys
Integrated circuits
Integrated circuits by function (including memories and processors)
Network synthesis
Oscillators, resonators, synthetizers
Phase locked loops
phase noise
phase-locked loop (PLL)
push-push voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO)
Radiofrequency integrated circuits
Semiconductor electronics. Microelectronics. Optoelectronics. Solid state devices
Silicon germanium
Voltage-controlled oscillators
wireless personal area network (WPAN)
Wireless personal area networks
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Summary:A 28.5-32-GHz fast settling multichannel frequency synthesizer is implemented in 0.25-mum SiGe : C BiCMOS process technology for 60-GHz wireless personal area network (WPAN) applications. The phase-locked loop (PLL) synthesizes carrier frequencies between 28.5-32 GHz in step of 500 MHz, and settles in approximately 327 ns. The proposed PLL can be employed as a frequency source providing eight channels of frequency hopping carriers for 60-GHz WPAN radio. To generate eight channels of carriers, an integer- N PLL with 125-MHz reference frequency is implemented, and a programmable divider with all differential current-steering circuits is designed. The programmable divider reliably provides divide ratios of 114-128 at 15 GHz. To achieve eight channels of carriers at a challenging frequency of 30 GHz, a push-push voltage-controlled oscillator is employed using a Wilkinson power combiner. The PLL consumes 115 mA at 2.5 V and achieves phase noise of -81 dBc/Hz at 1-MHz offset measured from 32-GHz push-push carrier.
ISSN:0018-9480
1557-9670
DOI:10.1109/TMTT.2008.920179