A 93.4-to-104.8 GHz 57 mW fractional-N cascaded sub-sampling PLL with true in-phase injection-coupled QVCO in 65 nm CMOS

Abstract

A fully integrated 93.4-to-104.8 GHz 57 mW cascaded PLL, with true in-phase injection-coupled QVCO, occupies 0.88 mm2 in 65 nm CMOS. By cascading the fractional-N PLL and the sub-sampling PLL, good phase noise, high resolution and wide acquisition range are achieved simultaneously. The measured phase noise of QVCO and PLL are −112.67 and −108.75 dBc/Hz at 10 MHz offset, respectively. The FOM and FOMT of the QVCO at 10 MHz offset are −177.5 and −179.0 dBc/Hz, respectively.