摘要
This paper describes a divide-by-two injection-locked frequency divider （ILFD） for frequency synthesizers as used in multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing （OFDM） ultra-wideband （UWB） systems. By means of dual-injection technique and other conventional tuning techniques, such as DCCA and varactor tuning, the divider demonstrates a wide locking range while consuming much less power. The chip was fabricated in the Jazz 0.18μm RF CMOS process. The measurement results show that the divider achieves a locking range of 4.85 GHz （6.23 to 11.08 GHz） at an input power of 8 dBm. The core circuit without the test buffer consumes only 3.7 mA from a 1.8 V power supply and has a die area of 0.38×0.28 mm^2. The wide locking range combined with low power consumption makes the ILFD suitable for its application in UWB systems.
This paper describes a divide-by-two injection-locked frequency divider （ILFD） for frequency synthesizers as used in multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing （OFDM） ultra-wideband （UWB） systems. By means of dual-injection technique and other conventional tuning techniques, such as DCCA and varactor tuning, the divider demonstrates a wide locking range while consuming much less power. The chip was fabricated in the Jazz 0.18μm RF CMOS process. The measurement results show that the divider achieves a locking range of 4.85 GHz （6.23 to 11.08 GHz） at an input power of 8 dBm. The core circuit without the test buffer consumes only 3.7 mA from a 1.8 V power supply and has a die area of 0.38×0.28 mm^2. The wide locking range combined with low power consumption makes the ILFD suitable for its application in UWB systems.
基金
supported by the National Program of the 11th 5-Year-Plan(No.51308020403)
the IC Design Program of the Shanghai Science Committee(No.08706200700)
