A 30-GHz wideband low-power CMOS injection-locked frequency divider for 60-GHz wireless-LAN

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-147

  Chen, Hsien Ku ^b   Chang, Da Chiang ^c   Juang, Ying Zong ^c   Lu, Shey Shi ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CMOS; Injection locked frequency divider (ILFD); Locking range; Low power; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO); Wideband

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FREQUENCY BANDS; FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS; HARMONIC GENERATION; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

INJECTION-LOCKED FREQUENCY DIVIDER (ILFD); LOCKING RANGE; LOW POWER; OUTPUT BUFFER; QUALITY FACTOR;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 38949163339     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2007.915144     Document Type: Article

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