@inproceedings{3a355d0fa9c1499299996bceaf78d331,
title = "An integrated 0.56THz frequency synthesizer with 21GHz locking range and -74dBc/Hz phase noise at 1MHz offset in 65nm CMOS",
abstract = "Spectra from 0.5 to 0.6THz play critical roles in planetary science, astrophysics and radio-astronomy as various chemical species including water, nitrates (NO2, N2O, NH3) and organics (CH4 and HCN) can either absorb or reflect radiation in this frequency regime. Accordingly, NASA and ESA have developed a wide range of spectroscopic sounding instruments to investigate our solar system. Current LO chains for spectroscopic receivers are implemented with discrete III-V devices and heavy waveguide assemblies. For instance, the 600GHz NASA PISSARRO spectrometer for Europa begins with a 33GHz PLL, tripled to 100GHz, doubled to 200GHz, and then tripled again to 600GHz via multiple waveguides. This LO chain occupies over 3000cm3, weighs 2.5kg, and consumes 11.5W of DC power.",
author = "Yan Zhao and Chen, {Zuow Zun} and Gabriel Virbila and Yinuo Xu and Hadi, {Richard Al} and Yanghyo Kim and Adrian Tang and Theodore Reck and Chen, {Huan Neng} and Chewnpu Jou and Hsueh, {Fu Lung} and Mau-Chung Chang",
year = "2016",
month = feb,
day = "23",
doi = "10.1109/ISSCC.2016.7417894",
language = "English",
series = "Digest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "36--37",
booktitle = "2016 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2016",
address = "United States",
note = "null ; Conference date: 31-01-2016 Through 04-02-2016",
}