• Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
  • Vol. 41, Issue 3, 573 (2022)
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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    DOI: 10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2022.03.008 Cite this Article
    Cao WAN, Quan XUE. A wideband injection-locked frequency tripler[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2022, 41(3): 573 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The article proposes a wideband injection-locked frequency tripler (ILFT). Based on the conventional injection method, the tripler used a push-push differential pair to double the frequency of the input signal and coupled the generated second harmonic to the source common mode node of the injectors through a transformer, which enhanced the second harmonic at the source common mode node of the injectors. Since the injection current is generated by mixing the injected signal with the second harmonic at the source common mode node, the injection current is also enhanced, thereby increasing the locking range. In addition, the tripler adopted a fourth-order resonator, as a result, the phase of the resonant impedance is flattened at the zero-crossing point, then the locking range is further increased. The tripler is implemented in a standard CMOS 65-nm process with a chip area of 720×670 μm2, and the power consumption is 15.2 mW under a 1.2-V power supply. With 0 dBm power injection, the locking range is 19.2-27.6 GHz, the corresponding fundamental suppression ratio is greater than 25 dB, and the second harmonic counterpart is beyond 35 dB. The proposed ILFT is capable of the requirements of the oscillation source of the 5G transceiver.
    Cao WAN, Quan XUE. A wideband injection-locked frequency tripler[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2022, 41(3): 573
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