This paper proposes an area-saving dual-path loop filter（LPF）for low-voltage integrated phase-locked loops（PLLs）.With this LPF,output current of the lowpass-path charge-pump（CP）is B times（B〉1）as great as that...This paper proposes an area-saving dual-path loop filter（LPF）for low-voltage integrated phase-locked loops（PLLs）.With this LPF,output current of the lowpass-path charge-pump（CP）is B times（B〉1）as great as that of the integration-path CP.By adding voltages across these two paths,the zero-capacitance is magnified B times equivalently.As a result,the chip size is greatly reduced.Based on this LPF,a 1.2 V 3.5 GHz-band PLL is fabricated in SMIC 0.18μm RFCMOS technology.Its zero-capacitance is only 1/30 of that in conventional second-order LPFs. Measured data show that,at a frequency of 3.20 GHz,phase noise is–120.2 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset,reference spur is–72 dBc,and power is 24 mW.展开更多
This paper proposes a simple method of measuring differentially-excited on-wafer RF CMOS spiral inductor-like components.This method requires only two common ‘G-S-G＇ probes and an ordinary two-port VNA.Using a netwo...This paper proposes a simple method of measuring differentially-excited on-wafer RF CMOS spiral inductor-like components.This method requires only two common ‘G-S-G＇ probes and an ordinary two-port VNA.Using a network instead of a detailed equivalent circuit, this method completes the de-embedding with only one ‘Through＇ dummy, and thus the measurements are greatly simplified.By designing the ports ‘Open＇ or ‘Shortcircuited＇ deliberately, a multi-port transformer can be transformed into three two-port networks with different terminators.Then, couplings between the two coils can be solved, and the differentially-excited scattering parameters（S-parameters） can be constructed.Also, a group of differential inductors and transformers were designed and measured, and then comparisons between simulated and measured electromagnetic results are performed to verify this method.展开更多
文摘This paper proposes an area-saving dual-path loop filter（LPF）for low-voltage integrated phase-locked loops（PLLs）.With this LPF,output current of the lowpass-path charge-pump（CP）is B times（B〉1）as great as that of the integration-path CP.By adding voltages across these two paths,the zero-capacitance is magnified B times equivalently.As a result,the chip size is greatly reduced.Based on this LPF,a 1.2 V 3.5 GHz-band PLL is fabricated in SMIC 0.18μm RFCMOS technology.Its zero-capacitance is only 1/30 of that in conventional second-order LPFs. Measured data show that,at a frequency of 3.20 GHz,phase noise is–120.2 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset,reference spur is–72 dBc,and power is 24 mW.
文摘This paper proposes a simple method of measuring differentially-excited on-wafer RF CMOS spiral inductor-like components.This method requires only two common ‘G-S-G＇ probes and an ordinary two-port VNA.Using a network instead of a detailed equivalent circuit, this method completes the de-embedding with only one ‘Through＇ dummy, and thus the measurements are greatly simplified.By designing the ports ‘Open＇ or ‘Shortcircuited＇ deliberately, a multi-port transformer can be transformed into three two-port networks with different terminators.Then, couplings between the two coils can be solved, and the differentially-excited scattering parameters（S-parameters） can be constructed.Also, a group of differential inductors and transformers were designed and measured, and then comparisons between simulated and measured electromagnetic results are performed to verify this method.
