A 180-GHz Super-Regenerative Oscillator with up to 58 dB Gain for Efficient Phase Recovery
Ghaleb H, Carlowitz C, Fritsche D, Carta C, Ellinger F (2019)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2019
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Book Volume: 2019-June
Pages Range: 131-134
Conference Proceedings Title: Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium
Event location: Boston, MA
ISBN: 9781728117010
DOI: 10.1109/RFIC.2019.8701870
Abstract
This paper reports on the design of a 180-GHz super-regenerative oscillator in a 130nm SiGe BiCMOS technology. The oscillator has a tuning range of 6.5%, an output power of 0.5 dBm, and occupies an area of 0.72 mm2. When operated with a periodic quench signal, the circuit requires a minimum input power of-58 dBm for a phase coherent output, and can be switched at a rate up to 10 GHz. The circuit has a dc power consumption of 8.8 mW, and a maximum regenerative gain of 58 dB. QPSK and 8-PSK modulation up to 3 Gbit/s have been demonstrated at an energy efficiency of 2.9 pJ/bit. To the best knowledge of the authors, this work is the fastest reported phase-sampling super-regenerative oscillator to date.
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APA:
Ghaleb, H., Carlowitz, C., Fritsche, D., Carta, C., & Ellinger, F. (2019). A 180-GHz Super-Regenerative Oscillator with up to 58 dB Gain for Efficient Phase Recovery. In Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (pp. 131-134). Boston, MA, US: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
MLA:
Ghaleb, Hatem, et al. "A 180-GHz Super-Regenerative Oscillator with up to 58 dB Gain for Efficient Phase Recovery." Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2019, Boston, MA Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. 131-134.
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