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A polyphase filter based on CMOS inverters

Tillman, Fredrik and Sjöland, Henrik LU (2007) In Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing 50(1). p.7-12
Abstract
A new idea for generation of quadrature signals on chip is presented. The topology is based on a passive RC polyphase filter, where the resistive parts are made active by using inverters. The active filter combines quadrature generation, isolation, and gain without losing quadrature performance compared to a regular RC polyphase filter. The filter technique is demonstrated in a 10 GHz front-end application where a broadband VCO, having a tuning range of 1.44 GHz, drives an active polyphase filter to generate quadrature LO signals. According to simulations the quadrature phase error shows a typical tuned behavior and stays below 0.8 degrees for the complete tuning range. Since the signal amplitude is high throughout the filter the noise is... (More)
A new idea for generation of quadrature signals on chip is presented. The topology is based on a passive RC polyphase filter, where the resistive parts are made active by using inverters. The active filter combines quadrature generation, isolation, and gain without losing quadrature performance compared to a regular RC polyphase filter. The filter technique is demonstrated in a 10 GHz front-end application where a broadband VCO, having a tuning range of 1.44 GHz, drives an active polyphase filter to generate quadrature LO signals. According to simulations the quadrature phase error shows a typical tuned behavior and stays below 0.8 degrees for the complete tuning range. Since the signal amplitude is high throughout the filter the noise is low, below 160 dBc/Hz at 10 MHz offset. The high amplitude also reduces the need for high gain tuned buffers, thereby enabling significant reductions in chip area. (Less)
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Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing
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10.1007/s10470-006-9152-z
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  author       = {{Tillman, Fredrik and Sjöland, Henrik}},
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  keywords     = {{quadrature generation; CMOS; polyphase filter}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{7--12}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing}},
  title        = {{A polyphase filter based on CMOS inverters}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10470-006-9152-z}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s10470-006-9152-z}},
  volume       = {{50}},
  year         = {{2007}},
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