@inproceedings{597f074af4ef410d9151ad271b3b8aab,
title = "A wide-band 65nm CMOS 28-34 GHz synthesizer module enabling low power heterodyne spectrometers for planetary exploration",
abstract = "This paper presents a wide-band 28-34 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 sub-sampled phase-detector (SSPD) based phase lock-loop, power amplifier, power sensor and digital calibration. The demonstrated module draws a total of 81.2 mW of power from a USB connection and provides coverage from 28-34 GHz with output powers better than -4.0 dBm across the entire band. The offered mid-band phase noise is measured at -96.6 dBc/Hz evaluated at 1 MHz offset from the carrier.",
keywords = "PISSARRO PLL, Phase-Lock Loop, SSPD, Sub-sampled",
author = "Chen, \{Z. Z.\} and A. Tang and Y. Kim and G. Virbila and T. Reck and Yei, \{J. F.\} and Y. Du and G. Chattopadhyay and Chang, \{M. C.Frank\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.; IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2015 ; Conference date: 17-05-2015 Through 22-05-2015",
year = "2015",
month = jul,
day = "24",
doi = "10.1109/MWSYM.2015.7166709",
language = "English",
series = "2015 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2015",
booktitle = "2015 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2015",
}