A 58.1-to-65.0GHz frequency synthesizer with background calibration for millimeter-wave TDD transceivers

This paper presents a 58.1-to-65.0GHz frequency synthesizer for millimeter-wave TDD transceivers. The proposed synthesizer is capable of supporting all 60GHz channels including channel-bonding defined by IEEE 802.15.3c, wirelessHD, IEEE 802.11ad, and ECMA-387. A background calibration scheme is proposed to automatically correct frequency drift caused by environmental variations. This synthesizer is implemented in a 65nm CMOS process.

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