IEEE

An Ultra-Low Power 1.7-2.7 GHz Fractional-N Sub-Sampling Digital Frequency Synthesizer and Modulator for IoT Applications in 40 nm CMOS

Abstract: This paper introduces an ultra-low power 1.7-2.7-GHz fractional-N sub-sampling digital PLL (SS-DPLL) for Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications targeting compliance with Bluetooth Low Energy ...
IEEE

A 28-GHz Quadrature Fractional-N Frequency Synthesizer for 5G Transceivers With Less Than 100-fs Jitter Based on Cascaded PLL Architecture

Abstract: This paper introduces a quadrature fractional-N cascaded frequency synthesizer and its phase noise analysis, optimization, and design for future 5G wireless transceivers. The performance ...
Thurrott

From the Editor’s Desk: No Synthesizers! ⭐

As a young fan of rock music in the 1970s, I would pore over my father's extensive album collection in the years before I would start buying my own. Some of the packaging was art in its own right, ...