A 2.4 GHz 4 mW Integer-N Inductorless RF Synthesizer

被引:114
作者
Kong, Long [1 ]
Razavi, Behzad [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Elect Engn, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
关键词
Frequency synthesizer; harmonic trap; phase-locked loop (PLL); reference spur; voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO); Delta modulator; PHASE-NOISE; JITTER;
D O I
10.1109/JSSC.2015.2511157
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The high phase noise of ring oscillators has generally discouraged their use in RF synthesis. This paper introduces an integer-N synthesizer that employs a type-I loop to achieve a wide bandwidth, allowing the use of ring oscillators, and a master-slave sampling loop filter along with harmonic traps to suppress spurs. A 2.4 GHz prototype fabricated in 45 nm digital CMOS technology provides a loop bandwidth of 10 MHz and a spur level of -65 dBc. The phase noise is -114 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset.
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页码:626 / 635
页数:10
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