一种用于短距离器件的带自校准的∑-Δ分数分频频率综合器

介绍了一种应用于433/868MHz频段短距离器件的分数分频频率综合器.采用带自适应频率校准的宽带压控振荡器来覆盖要求的频段,并采用3位量化、3阶的Σ△调制器来实现分数分频和改善锁相环的带外噪声.测试结果表明,自适应频率校准能够正常工作,压控振荡器的频率调节范围为1.31～1.18GHz,在3MHz频偏处的带外噪声为-139dBc/Hz,分数毛刺低于-60dBc.芯片采用0.35μm CMOS工艺,芯片面积仅为1.8mm2,功耗仅为57mW.     

一种平衡设计压控振荡器和自动频率校准的快速锁定宽带频率综合器

A wideband fractional-N frequency synthesizer is implemented in a 65 nm CMOS process.It employs a wideband LC voltage-controlled oscillator(VCO) with optimized VCO gain(KVCO/and a sub-band step to improve automatic frequency calibration(AFC) efficiency at negligible expense of phase noise performance.An agile AFC is realized by direct mapping based on the division ratio,and optional redundant counting and comparing calibration is introduced accommodating PVT variations,which samples the reference clock using the prescaled VCO output as a discriminating clock.A charge pump with switched charging current is adopted to compensate for the loop bandwidth variation.Measurement results show this directly-mapped AFC locates the target sub-band in 100 ns and only needs 1.2 s for redundant calibration.The frequency synthesizer spans a frequency range from 0.62 to 1.52 GHz,with phase noise of-86 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset and-122 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset while consuming 9.76 mA from a 1.2 V supply.     

带有高精度片上电流感应器的自适应开关频率降压型DC-DC变换器

本文提出了一种基于电流模式的PWM降压型DC-DC变换器。在高精度片上电流感应器的作用下,当负载不同时自动选择开关频率,提高了系统效率,并获得良好的瞬态响应。电流感应器采用简单的开关技术省去了复杂的运算放大器,但获得了高精度,减少了功率损耗,节省了芯片面积。此外,为了避免启动时的浪涌电流,设计了一种新型的软启动电路。芯片采用了0.5μm标准CMOS工艺,面积3.38mm2,电流感应器的精度可以达到99.5%@200mA,在5-18V的宽输入电压范围内可以输出2A的负载电流。     

用于无线传感器网络节点的小数分频频率综合器

This paper presents a fractional-N frequency synthesizer for wireless sensor network(WSN) nodes. The proposed frequency synthesizer adopts a phase locked loop(PLL) based structure, which employs an LC voltagecontrolled oscillator(VCO) with small VCO gain(KVCO) and frequency step(fstep) variations, a charge pump(CP)with current changing in proportion with the division ratio and a 20-bit △∑ modulator, etc. To realize constant KVCO and fstep, a novel capacitor sub-bands grouping method is proposed. The VCO sub-groups’ sizes are arranged according to the maximal allowed KVCOvariation of the system. Besides, a current mode logic divide-by-2 circuit with inside-loop buffers ensures the synthesizer generates I/Q quadrature signals robustly. This synthesizer is implemented in a 0.13 m CMOS process. Measurement results show that the frequency synthesizer has a frequency span from 2.07 to 3.11 GHz and the typical phase noise is 86:34 d Bc/Hz at 100 k Hz offset and 114:17 d Bc/Hz at 1 MHz offset with a loop bandwidth of about 200 k Hz, which meet the WSN nodes’ requirements.     

一种低抖动、宽调节范围的带宽自适应CMOS锁相环

提出了一种低抖动、宽调节范围的带宽自适应CMOS锁相环.由于环路带宽可根据输入频率进行自动调节,电路性能可在整个工作频率范围内得到优化.为了进一步提高电路的抖动特性,在电荷泵电路中采用匹配技术,并在压控振荡器中应用电压-电压转换电路以减小压控振荡器的增益.芯片采用SMIC 0.35μm CMOS工艺加工.测试结果表明该锁相环电路可在200MHz～1.1GHz的输出频率范围内保持良好的抖动性能.     

Σ-Δ调制小数分频器的设计

Σ-Δ调制小数分频器合成器是在数字锁相小数分频频率合成技术的基础上,运用现代数字技术对小数分频频率合成而引入的相位杂散进行有效的处理,克服了用传统方法处理而带来的结构复杂、调试困难及成本较高等诸多难点,从而在军用和民用上都得到了广泛的应用.Σ-Δ调制小数分频器是Σ-Δ调制小数分频合成器的关键电路,文中给出了Σ-Δ调制小数分频器详细的数字电路结构,对其工作原理、系统结构及系统工作模式作了详尽的分析,最后采用ASIC实现了Σ-Δ调制小数分频器.     

一款应用于无线通信的0.8~4.2 GHz单芯片全数字锁相环频率综合器

本文采用130nmCMOS工艺成功实现了应用于无线通信的0.8 - 4.2 GHz单片全数字锁相环频率合成器。文章提出了一系列的新方法,即采用了高频率分辨率的双带DCO以覆盖系统所需的2.5 GHz至5 GHz带宽;一个溢出计数器可以防止“pulse-swallowing”现象,显著减少了环路锁定时间;提出的NTW-clamp数字模块可以有效防止循环控制字的溢出;修改后的可编程分频器避免了传统架构中失败的边界操作。测量结果表明,该频率合成器的输出频率范围是0.8-4.2 GHz,锁定时间在2.68GHz减少了84%,最好的带内和带外相位噪声性能已达到-100 dBc/Hz,和-125 dBc/Hz,最低参考杂散达到-58dBc。     

一个含宽带VCO 和多模正交分频器的可输出220MHz-1100MHz 频率的低噪声频率综合器

This paper presents a low phase-noise fractional-N frequency synthesizer which provides an inphase/quadrature-phase(I/Q) signal over a frequency range of 220–1100 MHz for wireless networks of industrial automation(WIA) applications. Two techniques are proposed to achieve the wide range. First, a 1.4–2.2 GHz ultralow gain voltage-controlled oscillator(VCO) is adopted by using 128 tuning curves. Second, a selectable I/Q divider is employed to divide the VCO frequency by 2 or 3 or 4 or 6. Besides, a phase-switching prescaler is proposed to lower PLL phase noise, a self-calibrated charge pump is used to suppress spur, and a detect-boosting phase frequency detector is adopted to shorten settling time. With a 200 k Hz loop bandwidth, lowest measured phase noise is 106 d Bc/Hz at a 10 k Hz offset and 131 d Bc/Hz at a 1 MHz offset. Fabricated in the TSMC 0.18 m CMOS process, the synthesizer occupies a chip area of 1.2 mm2, consumes only 15 m W from the 1.8 V power supply,and settles within 13.2 s. The synthesizer is optimized for the WIA applications, but can also be used for other short-range wireless communications, such as 433, 868, 916 MHz ISM band applications.     

UHF RFID阅读器中低噪声Σ小数频率综合器的设计

采用0.18μmRF CMOS工艺结合EPC C1G2协议和ETSI规范要求,实现了一种应用于CMOS超高频射频识别阅读器中的低噪声ΔΣ小数频率综合器。基于三位三阶误差反馈型ΔΣ解调器,采用系数重配技术,有效提高频率综合器中频段噪声性能;关键电路VCO的设计过程中采用低压差调压器技术为VCO提供稳定偏压,提高了VCO相位噪声性能。多电源供电模式下全芯片偏置电流为9.6mA,测得在中心频率频偏200kHz、1MHz处,相处噪声分别为-108dBc/Hz和-129.8dBc/Hz。     

适用于高速Δ-Σ模数转换器的功耗可配置锁相环频率综合器

本文提出了一个适用于Δ-Σ模数转换器的基于锁相环结构的频率综合器,该频率综合器使用65纳米CMOS工艺实现,频率范围为35-130和300-360兆赫兹。文中提出的频率综合器能够工作在低相位噪声模式和低功耗模式,从而满足系统要求。为了实现这两个模式的切换,片上集成了一个连接4分频器的高频LC压控振荡器和一个连接2分频器的环形压控振荡器。测试结果表明,在1.2伏电源电压下,该频率综合器在低相位噪声模式下消耗1.74毫瓦功耗,1兆频偏处的相位噪声为-132dBc/Hz,标准差周期抖动为1.12皮秒;在低功耗模式下消耗0.92毫瓦功耗,1兆频偏处的相位噪声为-112dBc/Hz,标准差周期抖动为7.23皮秒。     

A fast lock frequency synthesizer using an improved adaptive frequency calibration

An improved adaptive frequency calibration (AFC) has been employed to implement a fast lock phase-locked loop based frequency synthesizer in a 0.18 μm CMOS process. The AFC can work in two modes: the frequency calibration mode and the store/load mode. In the frequency calibration mode, a novel frequency-detector is used to reduce the frequency calibration time to 16 μs typically. In the store/load mode, the AFC makes the voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) return to the calibrated frequency in about 1 μs by loading the calibration result stored after the frequency calibration. The experimental results show that the VCO tuning frequency range is about 620-920 MHz and the in-band phase noise within the loop bandwidth of 10 kHz is -82 dBc/Hz. The lock time is about 20 μs in frequency calibration mode and about 5 μs in store/load mode. The synthesizer consumes 12 mA from a single 1.8 V supply voltage when steady.     

具有改进型自适应频率校准的快速锁定频率综合器

本文介绍了一种具有改进型自适应频率教准（AFC）模块的快速锁定锁相环型频率综合器,该综合器使用0.18ucm CMOS工艺实现。AFC的工作模式有两种：频率校准模式和存储/加载模式。频率校准模式使用了一种新型的鉴频器可以把频率校准时间缩短到16uS。在存储/加载模式下,通过保存频率校准后的结果并且在需要时加载,AFC可在1uS内使压控振荡器（VCO）的频率恢复为校准过的频率点。测试结果显示,VCO的谐振范围为620~920MHz;在环路带宽为10kHz时,锁相环带内噪声为-82dBc/Hz;频率校准模式下的锁定时间为20uS而存储/加载模式下为5uS;在1.8V供电下,锁定后频率综合器的工作电流为12mA。     

A constant loop bandwidth fractional-N frequency synthesizer for GNSS receivers

正A constant loop bandwidth fractional-TV frequency synthesizer for portable civilian global navigation satellite system(GNSS) receivers implemented in a 130 nm 1P6M CMOS process is introduced.Via discrete working regions,the LC-VCO obtains a wide tuning range with a simple structure and small VCO gain.Spur suppression technology is proposed to minimize the phase offset introduced by PFD and charge pumps.The optimized bandwidth is maintained by an auto loop calibration module to adjust the charge pump current when the PLL output frequency changes or the temperature varies.Measurement results show that this synthesizer attains an in-band phase noise lower than -93 dBc at a 10 kHz offset and a spur less than -70 dBc;the bandwidth varies by±3%for all the GNSS signals.The whole synthesizer consumes 4.5 mA current from a 1 V supply,and its area(without the LO tested buffer) is 0.5 mm~2.     

A 4 GHz quadrature output fractional-N frequency synthesizer for an IR-UWB transceiver

This paper describes a 4 GHz fractional-N frequency synthesizer for a 3.1 to 5 GHz IR-UWB transceiver.Designed in a 0.18μm mixed-signal & RF 1P6M CMOS process, the operating range of the synthesizer is 3.74 to 4.44 GHz. By using an 18-bit third-order ∑-△ modulator, the synthesizer achieves a frequency resolution of 15 Hz when the reference frequency is 20 MHz. The measured amplitude mismatch and phase error between I and Q signals are less than 0.1 dB and 0.8° respectively. The measured phase noise is -116 dBc/Hz at 3 MHz offset for a 4 GHz output.Measured spurious tones are lower than -60 dBc. The settling time is within 80 μs. The core circuit conupSigmaes only 38.2 mW from a 1.8 V power supply.     

一种用于IR-UWB收发器的4GHz正交输出小数频率综合器

本文针对工作于3.1GHz到5GHz频段的IR-UWB收发器,设计了一种4GHz小数频率综合器。该频率综合器采用0.18μm混合&射频CMOS工艺实现,其输出频率范围为3.74GHz到4.44GHz。通过使用多比特量化的∑-△调制器,该频率综合器在参考频率为20MHz时的输出频率分辨率达到15Hz。测试结果表明,该频率综合器的正交信号输出幅度失配和相位误差分别低于0.1dB和0.8º。该频率综合器的输出相位噪声达到-116dBc/Hz@3MHz,频谱杂散低于-60dBc。在1.8V电源电压下,该频率综合器的核心电路功耗仅为38.2mW。     

A 2-to-2.4-GHz differentially-tuned fractional-N frequency synthesizer for DVB tuner applications

This paper describes the design of a fractional-N frequency synthesizer for digital video broadcasting-terrestrial (DVB-T) receivers.Transfer functions in differentially-tuned PLL are derived and loop parameters are designed. In addition,a fully-differential charge pump is presented.An 8/9 high speed prescaler is analyzed and the design considerations for the CML logic are also presented.Test results show that the RMS phase error is less than 0.7°in integer-N mode and less than 1°in fractional-N mode.The...     

适用于超宽带系统的低功耗CMOS频率合成器研究

针对脉冲无线电超宽频(IR-UWB)接收系统,提出了一种低功耗频率合成器设计。合成器的设计以一个整数N分频II型四阶锁相环结构为基础,包括一个调谐范围为31%的7位压控振荡器,一组基于单相时钟逻辑的高速分频器。分频器能够合成八个由IEEE标准802.15.4a定义的频率。该集成频率合成器运用65 nm CMOS技术制造而成,面积为0.33 mm2,工作频率范围为7.5–10.6 GHz。测试结果显示,在1.2 V供电下,该合成器的3-dB闭环带宽为100 kHz,稳定时间为15 。测量相位噪声低于-103 dBc/Hz@1MHz,抵消频率为1 MHz。杂散信号功率低于低于-58 dBc。相比其他先进的合成器,提出合成器的工作电流为5.13 mA,功耗仅为6.23mW。     

基于∑-△调制小数分频技术的频率合成器MAX2150及其应用

介绍了基于∑-△调制器的小数分频(F-N)频率合成技术的基本原理及采用此技术的频率合成器MAX2150,给出了MAX2150在某微波测试仪表中的应用电路和注意事项.     

A monolithic sigma-delta fractional-N frequency synthesizer with implicit dual-path filter and phase switching multi-modulus frequency divider

A fully integrated Sigma-delta fractional-N frequency synthesizer is realized in TSMC 0.18 μm MM/RF 1P6M Salicide 1.8V/3.3V technology. The proposed implicit dual-path loop filter with enhanced trans-conductor can eliminate the charge pump mismatch of the conventional dual-path loop filter and suppress the effect of parasitic poles and zero as well as reduce the area of the loop filter. A simple frequency divider based on phase switching technique is employed to reduce the area and power dissipation. The frequency synthesizer consumes 21 MW power from 1.8 V power supply voltage with area 1.80  ×  2.0 mm². The achieved phase noise is −82 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset, −108 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz offset and −128 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset respectively with frequency switching time 95 μs.