@inproceedings{d077ee8b365049899d79d8c5a79f705e,
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, Phase-Lock Loop, PISSARRO PLL",
author = "A. Tang and T. Reck and Y. Kim and G. Virbila and G. Chattopadhyay and Mau-Chung Chang",
year = "2016",
month = aug,
day = "9",
doi = "10.1109/MWSYM.2016.7540347",
language = "English",
series = "IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "2016 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2016",
address = "United States",
note = "null ; Conference date: 22-05-2016 Through 27-05-2016",
}