A Power-Efficient 5.6-GHz Process-Compensated CMOS Frequency Divider

This brief presents a robust, power efficient CMOS frequency divider for the 5-GHz UNII band. The divider operates as a voltage controlled ring oscillator with the output frequency modulated by the switching of the input transmission gate. The divider, designed in a 0.25-mum SOS-CMOS technology, occupies 35times25 mum2 and exhibit a operating frequency of 5.6 GHz while consuming 79 muW at a supply voltage of 0.8 V. Process and temperature tolerant operation can be achieved by utilizing a novel compensation circuitry to calibrate the speed of the ring oscillator-based divider. The simple compensation circuitry contains low-speed digital logic and dissipates minimal additional power since it is powered on only during the one-time factory calibration sequence

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