Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 41, Issue 3, 573(2022)

A wideband injection-locked frequency tripler

Cao WAN1,2 and Quan XUE1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz,the School of Electronic and Information Engineering,South China University of Technology,Guangzhou 510641,China
  • 2Intelligent Sensing and Wireless Transmission Center,Pazhou Laboratory,Guangzhou 510335,China
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    Figures & Tables(19)
    (a)Model of half circuit of the ILFM,(b)the corresponding phasor diagram
    Impedance magnitude(a)and phase(b)of the second-order resonator
    Conventional injection-locked frequency tripler
    Proposed ILFT
    Second harmonic generation
    Waveform at the common source node of the injectors
    (a)Transient current waveform at the drains of the injectors, the currents at the drain nodes of the conventional tripler(b)and the proposed tripler(c)
    The locking ranges corresponding to the two types of injection structure
    The transformer-based fourth-order tank
    Dimension of the transformer in the resonator
    Inductance and coupling coefficient of the transformer in the resonator
    Impedance magnitude(a)and phase(b)of the second-order and fourth-order resonator
    Layout of the proposed ILFT
    Spectrum at 7.8 GHz input frequency
    Sensitivity curve
    Single-ended output amplitude and power
    Harmonic rejection ratios(HRRs)
    • Table 1. Design Parameters

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      Table 1. Design Parameters

      器件参数
      M1-M416 um/ 60 nm
      M5M612 um/ 60 nm
      M7M810 um/ 60 nm
      k10.87
      k20.39
      LDLS1.3 nH
      L1+L1-605 pH
      L2+L2-536 pH
      C1+C1-9 fF
      C2+C2-90 fF
    • Table 2. Performance summary and comparison

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      Table 2. Performance summary and comparison

      三倍频本文*89101112B131420
      A:带有频率调谐,B:二倍频,C:核心面积,D:差分模式

      谐振器

      类型

      4阶2阶2阶2阶2阶4阶9阶4阶-

      输出频率

      [GHz]

      23609046.12281.93341.119.5

      电源电压

      [V]

      1.21.20.81.21.811.2
      功耗[mW]15.21.865.2-9.2210.514.816.818.8

      注入功率

      [dBm]

      064003.1-40-3

      输出功率

      [dBm]

      >-2D-5.38-3.8--2.88-5.96>-500.88D-

      锁定范围

      [GHz]/[%]

      19.2-27.6

      /35.9

      59.30-60.72

      /2.4

      85-95.2A

      /11.3

      42.75-49.5A

      /14.6

      21.38-23.37A

      /8.89

      69.2-81.9A

      /31

      22.8-43.2

      /62%

      33.9-48.2

      /34.8

      18-21.9

      /19.5

      工艺

      65 nm

      CMOS

      130 nm

      CMOS

      65 nm

      CMOS

      65 nm

      CMOS

      180 nm

      CMOS

      65

      65 nm

      CMOS

      65 nm

      CMOS

      180 nm

      CMOS

      面积[mm20.480.390.09C-0.550.16C0.47-1.34
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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Aug. 20, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jul. 8, 2022

    The Author Email: Quan XUE (eeqxue@scut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2022.03.008

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