EDN

Vitesse claims world’s fastest frequency divider circuits

CAMARILLO, Calif.–Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. on Wednesday (April 14) claimed to have achieved an industry record of 152-GHz for static frequency divider circuits. The divide-by-2 and divide-by-4 ...
Nature

Injection-Locked Frequency Dividers in CMOS Technology

The injection-locked frequency divider (ILFD) is a pivotal building block in modern radio frequency (RF) and mixed-signal systems. By utilising the phenomenon of injection locking, these dividers ...
Semiconductor Engineering

40 GHz VCO and Frequency Divider in 28 nm FD-SOI CMOS Technology for Automotive Radar Sensors

“This paper presents a 40 GHz voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) and frequency divider chain fabricated in STMicroelectronics 28 nm ultrathin body and box (UTBB) fully depleted silicon-on-insulator ...
Design-Reuse

2/64/128 CMOS/ECL PLL high-frequency divider

The CMOS high-frequency divider consists of two independent circuits. The first divider is a set of serially connected CMOS dividers with a dividing r ...
Electronic Design

What Do Clocks, Carriers, Local Oscillators, and FM Have in Common?

The master timing control circuit for most electronic applications is a precision signal source. For digital applications, it’s an accurate clock. In RF applications, it’s a carrier source for a ...
The Engineer

Revolution and Evolution in Frequency Synthesis: How PLL/VCO Technology Has Increased Performance, Decreased Size, and Simplified Design Cycle

Microwave frequency generation has posed significant challenges to engineers over the years, requiring in-depth knowledge of analog, digital, and radio frequency (RF) and microwave ...