Wide-bandwidth Ku-band monolithic analog frequency divider

• Published in: IEEE microwave and guided wave letters Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 84 - 86
• Main Authors: Desgrez, S., Gayral, M., Llopis, O., Cayrou, J.-C., Cazaux, J.-L., Sautereau, J.-F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.02.1998; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Bandwidth; Circuit properties; Electric, optical and optoelectronic circuits; Electronics; Exact sciences and technology; Feedback; Frequency conversion; Frequency synchronization; Integrated circuit measurements; Microwave circuits, microwave integrated circuits, microwave transmission lines, submillimeter wave circuits; Microwave FET integrated circuits; Microwave FETs; Microwave integrated circuits; Microwave measurements; Power measurement; Analog circuit; Field effect transistor; Non linear circuit; Non linear model; Microwave circuit; Frequency divider; Monolithic integrated circuit
• ISSN: 1051-8207; 1558-2329
• DOI: 10.1109/75.658649

A new analog frequency divider configuration using a resistive field-effect transistor (FET) mixer with a series feedback is proposed. With this configuration, a large synchronization bandwidth of almost 30% has been achieved using an original CAD technique. This bandwidth has been effectively measured on a Ku-band monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) circuit together with an ultra-low power consumption. Moreover, the processed circuit using a standard 0.2-μm PHEMT technology (Philips-PML) is very compact (1.5 mm 2 ).