Injection locked frequency divider
AssigneeNational Chi Nan University
InventorsYo-Sheng Lin, Kai-Siang Lan
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AssigneeNational Chi Nan University
InventorsYo-Sheng Lin, Kai-Siang Lan
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An injection locked frequency divider includes: a resonator circuit including first to fourth inductors; and a mixer circuit receiving an input signal with an input frequency. Each of the third and fourth inductors is coupled between a respective one of the first and second inductors and the mixer circuit. The two circuits cooperate to form a tank circuit having a free-running frequency and defining a frequency locking range which is around three times the free-running frequency and within which the input frequency falls. By at least performing mixing with a differential reference signal pair, the mixer circuit generates, based on the input signal, a differential mixed signal pair with a frequency that is one-third the input frequency.
An injection locked frequency divider comprising:
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