A low-power programmable DLL-based clock generator with wide-range antiharmonic lock

Jabeom Koo, Sunghwa Ok, Chulwoo Kim

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Abstract

A delay-locked-loop (DLL)-based clock generator for dynamic frequency scaling has been developed in a 0.13-μm CMOS technology. The proposed clock generator can generate a wide range of the multiplied clock signals ranging from 125 MHz to 2 GHz. In addition, owing to the proposed antiharmonic-lock block, the clock generator can change the frequency dynamically in one cycle time of the reference clock. The proposed DLL-based clock generator occupies 0.019 mm2 and consumes 21 mW at 2 GHz. The ratio of power consumption to frequency of the proposed clock generator is smaller than those of conventional ones.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)21-25
Number of pages5
JournalIEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs
Volume56
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Manuscript received March 28, 2008; revised July 07, 2008. Current version published January 16, 2009. This work was supported by Korea Government (MOST) under the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) Grant R0A-2007-000-20059-0 and the fabrication was supported by IDEC. This paper was recommended by Associate Editor S. Pamarti.

Keywords

  • Antiharmonic lock
  • Frequency multiplier

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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