A Fully-Integrated CMOS Frequency Synthesizer for SDR Applications

Speaker: Prof. Howard C. Luong (HKUST)

Time and Date: 13:30- , Nov. 7, 2013

Place: Room 106, Administration Building, Zhangjiang Campus

 

 

Abstract

This talk presents the design and the measurements of a fully integrated frequency synthesizer for software-defined radios (SDRs), which meets both the frequency and the phase noise requirement for all the wireless standards from 47MHz to 10GHz, including the 14-band UWB, and the 802.15.3c standard from 57GHz to 66GHz. Implemented in a 0.13-m CMOS process, the synthesizer prototype occupies an active area of 3mm2, consumes a total power of 33mW to 83mW, and achieves a measured phase noise of -139.6dBc/Hz at 3MHz offset from a 1.7GHz carrier.

The talk will be preceded with a short introduction of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) and a brief review of research activities in RFIC at Hong Kong University of Science & Technology.

 

 

Biography

Howard Luong received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) from University of California at Berkeley in 1988, 1990, and 1994, respectively. Since September 1994, he has joined the EEE faculty at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology where he is currently a professor.