scholarly journals An integer-N frequency synthesizer for medical implantable devices

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nima Haghighi
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Phase Noise ◽  
Frequency Synthesizer ◽  
Wide Frequency Range ◽  
Implantable Devices ◽  
Total Power ◽  
Frequency Range ◽  
Phase Frequency Detector ◽  
Frequency Detector ◽  
Low Phase Noise

This thesis proposes an Integer-N frequency synthesizer in TSMC 0.18µm technology. The design is aimed for MICS (Medical Implantable Communication Services) devices operating at 402-406 MHz. A low phase noise, wide frequency range Quadrature Voltage Controlled Oscillator (QVCO) has been designed and simulated. The simulated phase noise @ 160 KHz offset is -100.3 dBc/Hz with the power consumption of 0.9 mW. This design addresses the small size, low phase noise and low power requirements for the Implantable devices. A wide frequency range Source Coupled Logic (SCL)32/33 prescaler divider has been designed. The program counter and Swallow counter have been implemented in Verilog-A which allow a division ratio of 2690 from the output of the QVCO. A phase frequency detector based on a modified TSPC D-Flip Flop is designed, which leads to a faster response time. The phase frequency detector, the charge pump, and the loop filter would consume 0.5 mW power. The total power consumption of the synthesizer is at 4.6 mW with 2% steady state settlement time of 160 μs.

scholarly journals An integer-N frequency synthesizer for medical implantable devices

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nima Haghighi
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Phase Noise ◽  
Frequency Synthesizer ◽  
Wide Frequency Range ◽  
Implantable Devices ◽  
Total Power ◽  
Frequency Range ◽  
Phase Frequency Detector ◽  
Frequency Detector ◽  
Low Phase Noise

This thesis proposes an Integer-N frequency synthesizer in TSMC 0.18µm technology. The design is aimed for MICS (Medical Implantable Communication Services) devices operating at 402-406 MHz. A low phase noise, wide frequency range Quadrature Voltage Controlled Oscillator (QVCO) has been designed and simulated. The simulated phase noise @ 160 KHz offset is -100.3 dBc/Hz with the power consumption of 0.9 mW. This design addresses the small size, low phase noise and low power requirements for the Implantable devices. A wide frequency range Source Coupled Logic (SCL)32/33 prescaler divider has been designed. The program counter and Swallow counter have been implemented in Verilog-A which allow a division ratio of 2690 from the output of the QVCO. A phase frequency detector based on a modified TSPC D-Flip Flop is designed, which leads to a faster response time. The phase frequency detector, the charge pump, and the loop filter would consume 0.5 mW power. The total power consumption of the synthesizer is at 4.6 mW with 2% steady state settlement time of 160 μs.

A Wide Frequency Range Low Jitter Integer PLL with Switch and Inverter Based CP in 0.18 μm CMOS Technology

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (09) ◽  
pp. 2050142
Author(s):  
Jagdeep Kaur Sahani ◽  
Anil Singh ◽  
Alpana Agarwal
Keyword(s):  
Phase Noise ◽  
Charge Pump ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Wide Frequency Range ◽  
Phase Detector ◽  
Total Power ◽  
Control Voltage ◽  
Frequency Range ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Low Jitter

This paper aims at designing a digital approach based low jitter, smaller area and wide frequency range phase locked loop (PLL) to reduce the design efforts and power which can be used in System-on-chip applications for operating frequency in the range of 0.025–1.6[Formula: see text]GHz. The low power, scalable and compact charge pump is proposed which reduces the overall power consumption and area of proposed PLL. A frequency phase detector (PFD) based on inverters and tri-state buffers have been proposed for the PLL. It is fast which improves the locking time of PLL. Also, pseudo-differential voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is designed with CMOS inverter gates. The inverters are used as phase interpolator to maintain the phase difference of 180∘ between two outputs of VCO. Also, the inverters are used as variable capacitors to vary the frequency of proposed VCO with control voltage. It demonstrates the good phase noise performance enabling proposed PLL to have low jitter and wide frequency range. All the major blocks like PFD, charge pump and VCO are designed using digital gate methodology thus saving area and power and also reduce design efforts. Also, these digitally designed blocks enable the PLL to have low jitter small area and wide range. The proposed PLL is designed in a 0.18-[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]m CMOS technology with supply voltage of 1.8[Formula: see text]V. The output clocks with cycle-to-cycle jitter of 2.13[Formula: see text]ps at 1.6[Formula: see text]GHz. The phase noise of VCO is [Formula: see text]137[Formula: see text]dBc/Hz at an offset of 100[Formula: see text]MHz and total power consumed by the proposed PLL is 2.63[Formula: see text]mW at 1.6[Formula: see text]GHz.

scholarly journals Low Phase Noise and Wide-Range Class-C VCO Using Auto-Adaptive Bias Technique

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1290
Author(s):  
Jeong-Yun Lee ◽  
Gwang Sub Kim ◽  
Goo-Han Ko ◽  
Kwang-Il Oh ◽  
Jae Gyeong Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Noise ◽  
Tuning Range ◽  
Frequency Tuning ◽  
Wide Frequency Range ◽  
Cmos Process ◽  
Voltage Controlled Oscillator ◽  
Frequency Range ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Class C ◽  
Low Phase Noise

This paper proposes a new structure of 24-GHz class-C voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) using an auto-adaptive bias technique. The VCO in this paper uses a digitally controlled circuit to eliminate the possibility of start-up failure that a class-C structure can have and has low phase noise and a wide frequency range. To expand the frequency tuning range, a 3-bit cap-bank is used and a triple-coupled transformer is used as the core inductor. The proposed class-C VCO implements a 65-nm RF CMOS process. It has a phase noise performance of −105 dBc/Hz or less at 1-MHz offset frequency and the output frequency range is from 22.8 GHz to 27.3 GHz, which consumes 8.3–10.6 mW of power. The figure-of-merit with tuning range (FoMT) of this design reached 191.1 dBc/Hz.

Power Efficient Implementation of Low Noise CMOS LC VCO using 32nm Technology for RF Applications

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Shitesh Tiwari ◽  
Sumant Katiyal ◽  
Parag Parandkar
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Phase Noise ◽  
Tuning Range ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Performance Comparison ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
Voltage Controlled Oscillator ◽  
Low Phase Noise ◽  
Lc Vco

Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) is an integral component of most of the receivers such as GSM, GPS etc. As name indicates, oscillation is controlled by varying the voltage at the capacitor of LC tank. By varying the voltage, VCO can generate variable frequency of oscillation. Different VCO Parameters are contrasted on the basis of phase noise, tuning range, power consumption and FOM. Out of these phase noise is dependent on quality factor, power consumption, oscillation frequency and current. So, design of LC VCO at low power, low phase noise can be obtained with low bias current at low voltage.  Nanosize transistors are also contributes towards low phase noise. This paper demonstrates the design of low phase noise LC VCO with 4.89 GHz tuning range from 7.33-11.22 GHz with center frequency at 7 GHz. The design uses 32nm technology with tuning voltage of 0-1.2 V. A very effective Phase noise of -114 dBc / Hz is obtained with FOM of -181 dBc/Hz. The proposed work has been compared with five peer LC VCO designs working at higher feature sizes and outcome of this performance comparison dictates that the proposed work working at better 32 nm technology outperformed amongst others in terms of achieving low Tuning voltage and moderate FoM, overshadowed by a little expense of power dissipation. 

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