Design of a dual W- and D-band PLL

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1011-1022

  Shahramian, Shahriar ^b   Hart, Adam ^a   Tomkins, Alexander ^a   Chan Carusone, Anthony ^a   Garcia, Patrice ^c   Chevalier, Pascal ^c   Voinigescu, Sorin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c STMICROELECTRONICS   (France)

Author keywords

D band; divider chain; LO distribution; mm wave ICs; phase noise; phased locked loop; SiGe BiCMOS; VCO; W band

Indexed keywords

D-BAND; DIVIDER CHAIN; LO DISTRIBUTION; MM-WAVE; PHASED-LOCKED LOOPS; SIGE BICMOS; VCO; W-BAND;

MILLIMETER WAVES; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SILICON ALLOYS; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 79955618784     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2011.2117050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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