A 35.7–64.2 GHz low power Miller Divider with Weak Inversion Mixer in 65 nm CMOS

Abstract

A 60 GHz wide locking range Miller divider is presented in this letter. To enhance the locking range of divider and save power consumption, we proposed a Miller divider based on weak inversion mixer. The proposed Miller divider is implemented in 65 nm CMOS and exhibits 57% locking range from 35.7 to 64.2 GHz at an input power of 0 dBm while consuming 1.6-mW dc power at 0.4 V supply. Compared to the previously reported CMOS millimeter wave frequency dividers, the proposed divider achieves the widest fractional bandwidth without any frequency tuning mechanism.