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A 28 GHz SiGe QVCO and divider for an 81-86 GHz E-band beam steering transmitter PLL

Tired, Tobias LU ; Sjöland, Henrik LU orcid ; Sandrup, Per ; Wernehag, Johan LU ; ud Din, Imad and Törmänen, Markus LU orcid (2015) 32nd NORCHIP Conference, 2014
Abstract
This paper presents a QVCO and divider for a 28 GHz SiGe PLL. It was designed in a SiGe process with fT= 200 GHz. The PLL is intended to be used for beam steering in an 81-86 GHz E-band transmitter. Phase control is implemented by programmable current injection into the loop filter. The simulations in Spectre use a layout extracted view with parasitics for the QVCO and the frequency divider and an ADS Momentum model for the QVCO inductors. The divider is implemented with four cascaded current-mode-logic (CML) blocks, for a reference frequency of 1.75 GHz. The low frequency parts of the PLL were represented with either Verilog-A or schematic models. The phase noise of the QVCO equals -105 dBc/Hz at 1MHz offset, while at the same offset the... (More)
This paper presents a QVCO and divider for a 28 GHz SiGe PLL. It was designed in a SiGe process with fT= 200 GHz. The PLL is intended to be used for beam steering in an 81-86 GHz E-band transmitter. Phase control is implemented by programmable current injection into the loop filter. The simulations in Spectre use a layout extracted view with parasitics for the QVCO and the frequency divider and an ADS Momentum model for the QVCO inductors. The divider is implemented with four cascaded current-mode-logic (CML) blocks, for a reference frequency of 1.75 GHz. The low frequency parts of the PLL were represented with either Verilog-A or schematic models. The phase noise of the QVCO equals -105 dBc/Hz at 1MHz offset, while at the same offset the divider standalone has an input referred phase noise of -110 dBc/Hz. The phase control has been verified by transient simulations showing a phase control sensitivity of 1.5°/μA over a range exceeding 360°. With a supply of 1.5 V the QVCO and divider consumes 29 mA. (Less)
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NORCHIP : 32nd NORCHIP Conference, 27-28 October 2014, Tampere, Finland - 32nd NORCHIP Conference, 27-28 October 2014, Tampere, Finland
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4 pages
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IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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32nd NORCHIP Conference, 2014
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Tampere, Finland
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2014-10-27 - 2014-10-28
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  • scopus:84921500923
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978-1-4799-5442-1
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10.1109/NORCHIP.2014.7004735
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English
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  abstract     = {{This paper presents a QVCO and divider for a 28 GHz SiGe PLL. It was designed in a SiGe process with fT= 200 GHz. The PLL is intended to be used for beam steering in an 81-86 GHz E-band transmitter. Phase control is implemented by programmable current injection into the loop filter. The simulations in Spectre use a layout extracted view with parasitics for the QVCO and the frequency divider and an ADS Momentum model for the QVCO inductors. The divider is implemented with four cascaded current-mode-logic (CML) blocks, for a reference frequency of 1.75 GHz. The low frequency parts of the PLL were represented with either Verilog-A or schematic models. The phase noise of the QVCO equals -105 dBc/Hz at 1MHz offset, while at the same offset the divider standalone has an input referred phase noise of -110 dBc/Hz. The phase control has been verified by transient simulations showing a phase control sensitivity of 1.5°/μA over a range exceeding 360°. With a supply of 1.5 V the QVCO and divider consumes 29 mA.}},
  author       = {{Tired, Tobias and Sjöland, Henrik and Sandrup, Per and Wernehag, Johan and ud Din, Imad and Törmänen, Markus}},
  booktitle    = {{NORCHIP : 32nd NORCHIP Conference, 27-28 October 2014, Tampere, Finland}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-4799-5442-1}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{01}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{A 28 GHz SiGe QVCO and divider for an 81-86 GHz E-band beam steering transmitter PLL}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/NORCHIP.2014.7004735}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/NORCHIP.2014.7004735}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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