Abstract
Two 122-GHz phase-locked loops (PLLs) have been developed based on a 65-nm Si CMOS technology, and their performances are compared. For the first PLL, a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) with a frequency doubler embedded in the oscillator core was employed (PLL1), while the second PLL employs a push-push VCO (PLL2). The output powers of PLL1 and PLL2 were -8.6 and -21.9 dBm near 122 GHz, obtained from dc power dissipation of 82.9 and 87.7 mW, respectively. The respective locking ranges were measured to be 121.9-122.2 and 122.7-122.9 GHz for PLL1 and PLL2. The in-band phase noises were -59.2 and -60.1 dBc/Hz at 10-kHz offset, and the out-band phase noises were -102.4 and -99.5 dBc/Hz at 10-MHz offset for PLL1 and PLL2, respectively. The chip sizes were 1000 × 760 μm^2 (PLL1) and 1300 × 840 μm2 (PLL2) including probing pads.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 7506100 |
Pages (from-to) | 2623-2630 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques |
Volume | 64 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 Aug |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea Government (MSIP) (No. 2011-0020128).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
Keywords
- Phase noise
- phase-locked loop (PLL)
- voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiation
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering