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Design of a 30 GHz PLL for use in Phased Arrays

Murphy, Byron LU (2016) EITM02 20161
Department of Electrical and Information Technology
Abstract
This project includes the research and implementation of a high frequency
phase-locked loop (30 GHz or more) for beamforming use in a phased
antenna array. The phase-locked loop includes a quadrature voltagecontrolled oscillator with a 10% tuning range and 417 degrees of phase
control with a 10 degree resolution, a current mode latch in the divide-bytwo configuration operates over the quadrature voltage-controlled
oscillator’s tuning range while consuming less than 583 uA of current, Dtype flip flops in a divide-by-8 configuration, a phase-frequency detector, a
charge-pump, and a loop filter. The quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator
has a phase noise of -102.2 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz, less than 3.53 mA current
consumption, and up to... (More)
This project includes the research and implementation of a high frequency
phase-locked loop (30 GHz or more) for beamforming use in a phased
antenna array. The phase-locked loop includes a quadrature voltagecontrolled oscillator with a 10% tuning range and 417 degrees of phase
control with a 10 degree resolution, a current mode latch in the divide-bytwo configuration operates over the quadrature voltage-controlled
oscillator’s tuning range while consuming less than 583 uA of current, Dtype flip flops in a divide-by-8 configuration, a phase-frequency detector, a
charge-pump, and a loop filter. The quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator
has a phase noise of -102.2 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz, less than 3.53 mA current
consumption, and up to 185.6 dBc/Hz figure of merit. Additionally, an
injection-locked frequency divider was explored as an optional first-stage
divider. The phase-locked loop was implemented using the ST
Microelectronics 65 nanometer design kit and simulated using Cadence
Virtuoso. The circuit consumes 4.93 mA of current from a 1.2 V supply.
Lastly, the bottlenecks that may be encountered while increasing the
operating frequency of the phase-locked loop are discussed. (Less)
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author
Murphy, Byron LU
supervisor
organization
course
EITM02 20161
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
pll, phase-locked loop, beamforming, vco, qvco
report number
LU/LTH-EIT 2016-508
language
English
id
8879173
date added to LUP
2016-06-14 09:51:10
date last changed
2016-06-14 09:51:10
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  abstract     = {{This project includes the research and implementation of a high frequency
phase-locked loop (30 GHz or more) for beamforming use in a phased
antenna array. The phase-locked loop includes a quadrature voltagecontrolled oscillator with a 10% tuning range and 417 degrees of phase
control with a 10 degree resolution, a current mode latch in the divide-bytwo configuration operates over the quadrature voltage-controlled
oscillator’s tuning range while consuming less than 583 uA of current, Dtype flip flops in a divide-by-8 configuration, a phase-frequency detector, a
charge-pump, and a loop filter. The quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator
has a phase noise of -102.2 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz, less than 3.53 mA current
consumption, and up to 185.6 dBc/Hz figure of merit. Additionally, an
injection-locked frequency divider was explored as an optional first-stage
divider. The phase-locked loop was implemented using the ST
Microelectronics 65 nanometer design kit and simulated using Cadence
Virtuoso. The circuit consumes 4.93 mA of current from a 1.2 V supply.
Lastly, the bottlenecks that may be encountered while increasing the
operating frequency of the phase-locked loop are discussed.}},
  author       = {{Murphy, Byron}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Design of a 30 GHz PLL for use in Phased Arrays}},
  year         = {{2016}},
}