Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Injection-locked frequency divider embedded an active inductor
- Patent Title (中): 注入锁定分频器嵌入有源电感
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Application No.: US11954213Application Date: 2007-12-12
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Publication No.: US07683681B2Publication Date: 2010-03-23
- Inventor: Sheng-Lyang Jang , Cheng-Chen Liu , Jui-Cheng Han
- Applicant: Sheng-Lyang Jang , Cheng-Chen Liu , Jui-Cheng Han
- Applicant Address: TW Taipei
- Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
- Current Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
- Current Assignee Address: TW Taipei
- Agency: Jianq Chyun IP Office
- Priority: TW96116267A 20070508
- Main IPC: H03B19/06
- IPC: H03B19/06

Abstract:
An injection-locked frequency divider is provided. The injection-locked frequency divider includes an active inductor unit, a source injection unit, a first transistor and a second transistor. The injection-locked frequency divider generates a frequency-divided signal having a half frequency of the signal source. A locking frequency range of the injection-locked frequency divider is determined by a quality factor of a resonant cavity. A quality factor of the active inductor unit is lower than a conventional spiral inductor because the active inductor unit is composed of active elements. In the injection-locked frequency divider, the active inductor unit is used to instead of the conventional spiral inductor, so that the chip area can be reduced and the locking frequency range of the injection-locked frequency divider can be increased. Further, an induction value of the active inductor unit can be altered to change the locking frequency range of the injection-locked frequency divider.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080278204A1 INJECTION-LOCKED FREQUENCY DIVIDER EMBEDDED AN ACTIVE INDUCTOR Public/Granted day:2008-11-13
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