Fully integrated frequency synthesizer design for wireless network application with digital programmability
✍ Scribed by Jeffrey Shiang Fu; T. Hui Teo; Eng Leong Tan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 344 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0895-2477
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
A 2.60‐GHz integer‐N frequency synthesizer was designed and implemented in SiGe BiCMOS technology. The single chip includes fully integrated VCO (voltage control oscillator) as well as LPF (loop‐filter). The synthesizer provides a wide frequency range of 300 MHz, which covers 2.59–2.66 and 2.8725–2.9025 GHz, with a single VCO. Digital technique is employed at VCO and charge‐pump to cover the frequency range and cater for process variation. Using reference frequency of 2.5 MHz, the fabricated prototype demonstrates a settling time of 32 μs, and reference spur below −56 dBc. The synthesizer's phase noise is −115 dBc/Hz at 1.0‐MHz offset frequency. It consumes approximately 42 mW power from a 3.0 V single supply, with a total active area of 2.34 mm^2^. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 49: 2579–2582, 2007; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.22773