@inproceedings{20ba0d7d9a36452b82126b2c20ef336b,
title = "A 65nm CMOS 88-105 GHz DDFS-based fractional synthesizer for high resolution planetary exploration spectroscopy",
abstract = "This paper presents a fractional 88-105 GHz frequency synthesizer module developed to support THz spectrometer instruments for planetary exploration. The presented module features low power operation and a small form factor to be compatible with the demanding payload requirements of NASA planetary missions. The core of the module is a CMOS System-on-Chip (SoC) containing a 50 GHz phase-lock loop and W-band frequency doubler, driven by a direct digital frequency synthesizer (DDFS) and DAC to provide finely tuned reference frequencies allowing fractional operation. The chip contains a wide range of calibration functions for temperature and radiation exposure compensation. The demonstrated module draws a total of 152 mW of power from a USB connection and provides coverage from 88-105 GHz with output powers up to -15 dBm. The offered mid-band phase noise is measured at 89.5 dBc/Hz evaluated at 1 MHz offset from the carrier.",
keywords = "Fractional W-Band, PISSARRO PLL, Phase-Lock Loop",
author = "A. Tang and T. Reck and Y. Kim and G. Virbila and G. Chattopadhyay and Chang, {M. C.Frank}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.; 2016 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2016 ; Conference date: 22-05-2016 Through 27-05-2016",
year = "2016",
month = aug,
day = "9",
doi = "10.1109/MWSYM.2016.7540347",
language = "English",
series = "IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest",
booktitle = "2016 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2016",
}