A zero charge-pump mismatch current tracking loop for reference spur reduction in PLLs

RR Manikandan, B Amrutur - Microelectronics Journal, 2015 - Elsevier
The charge-pump (CP) mismatch current is a dominant source of static phase error and
reference spur in the nano-meter CMOS PLL implementations due to its worsened channel …

A 1.2-V 180-nm CMOS low-power multi-band ring oscillator based frequency synthesizer for edge-combining transmitters

M Stadelmayer, T Schumacher… - 2020 18th IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A wide-frequency-range low-power synthesizer based on an eight-stage differential ring
oscillator (RO) regulated by a phase locked loop (PLL) is introduced. It is specially designed …

Area‐efficient ultra‐wide‐tuning‐range ring oscillators in 65‐nm complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor

C Yang, Y Chen, K Cheng, CP Stefano… - … Journal of Circuit …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, to analyze the tuning range (TR) of transistors, we introduced two streamlined
modeling approaches that can precisely predict the extent and direction of the TR. The first …

An edge-combining frequency-multiplying class-D power amplifier

HM Nguyen, F Zhang, I O'Connell… - … on Circuits and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The class-D power amplifier (PA) is commonly implemented in CMOS, but its operating
frequency is often limited due to the power loss of parasitic capacitances and the lower …

A 1.2-V, 1.8-GHz low-power PLL using a class-F VCO for driving 900-MHz SRD band SC-circuits

T Schumacher, M Stadelmayer, T Faseth… - Proceedings of the ACM …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
This work presents a 1.6 GHz to 2 GHz integer PLL with 2 MHz stepping, which is optimized
for driving low-power 180 nm switched-capacitor (SC) circuits at a 1.2 V supply. To reduce …

0.36 nJ/bit MedRadio Band OOK Transmitter for Wearable Healthcare Applications

A Srivastava, MS Baghini - … on VLSI Design and 2018 17th …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, an energy efficient low power on-off keying (OOK) transmitter (TX) is proposed
for wearable healthcare applications. TX is suitable for biosignal communication from …

Edge-combining for QPSK and FSK modulation using a single delay-line

M Stadelmayer, T Schumacher, T Faseth… - 2020 Austrochip …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work introduces a method to use edge-combining to obtain Quadrature Phase Shift
Keying (QPSK) as well as Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) signals in a power efficient way to …

A Low-Power Edge-Combining Transmitter Using Quadrature Signals for FSK Modulation

M Stadelmayer, T Schumacher… - … Symposium on Circuits …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A low-power transmitter is proposed that applies edge-combining not only for frequency
multiplication but also for quadrature signal generation. A phase-selection modulator uses …

Low-power integrated transmitter design using frequency multiplication techniques: Edge-combining and third harmonic extraction

M Stadelmayer, T Schumacher, T Faseth… - e & i Elektrotechnik und …, 2021 - epub.jku.at
In diesem Artikel wird ein Ansatz zur Anwendung von Frequenzmultiplikationstechniken,
wie,, Edge-Combining “und Extraktion der dritten Oberwelle, bei integrierten Sendern mit …

Edge-Combining: A Tool from Low-Power to High-Performance/submitted by Markus Stadelmayer, M. Sc.

M Stadelmayer - 2022 - epub.jku.at
This dissertation examines edge-combining capabilities for wireless applications, ranging
from low-power transmitters to mm-wave oscillator design. In general, edge-combining is a …