A D-band Dual-Mode Dynamic Frequency Divider in 130nm SiGe Technology
Journal article, 2020

In this work, a dual-mode (divide-by-2 and divide-by-3) dynamic frequency divider is presented.  A tunable delay gated ring oscillator (TDGRO) topology is proposed for dual-mode operation and bandwidth extension. It uses a 130 nm gate length SiGe BiCMOS technology with ft and fmax of 250 GHz and 370 GHz, respectively. Verification shows that it works at W-band from 70 GHz to 114 GHz (47.8% bandwidth) for divide-by-2 and works at D-band from 105 GHz to 160 GHz (41.5% bandwidth) for divide-by-3. This divider can be used in integrated phase lock loops (PLLs) at millimeter-wave frequencies.

SiGe

dynamic

W-band

millimeter-wave

D-band

frequency divider

dual-mode

BiCMOS

Author

Sining An

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics

Zhongxia Simon He

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics

Franz Dielacher

Infineon Technologies

Herbert Zirath

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

1531-1309 (ISSN) 15581764 (eISSN)

Vol. 30 12 1169-1172 9246229

Car2TERA

European Commission (EC) (EC/H2020/824962), 2019-01-01 -- 2022-03-31.

Subject Categories

Communication Systems

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1109/LMWC.2020.3033076

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