Digital fractional-N phase-locked loops (PLLs) are an attractive alternative to analog PLLs in
the design of frequency synthesizers for wireless applications. However, the main obstacle …

This paper presents a fractional-N digital phase-locked loop (PLL) that achieves low in-band
phase noise. Phase detection is carried out by a proposed 10-bit, 0.8 ps resolution time-to …

It has been a mere 130 years since the first widely known wireless telegraphy apparatus
was demonstrated by Guglielmo Marconi, transmitting radio signals to a distance of about …

A direct sampling full-band capture (FBC) receiver for cable and digital TV applications is
presented. It consists of a 0.18 μm BiCMOS low-noise amplifier (LNA) and a 28 nm CMOS …

Frequency synthesizer is a key component used in electronic systems. Two important
features for judging its performance are frequency granularity and frequency switching …

This paper describes time-to-digital converter (TDC) architecture capable of achieving
subgate-delay resolution and large detection range at the same time with low power …

Hard learning problems have recently attracted significant attention within the cryptographic
community, both as a versatile assumption on which to build various protocols, and as a …

Direct period synthesis is a technique of using a base time unit and the time-average-
frequency concept to synthesize clock frequency. Its distinguished capabilities include …

Digital controlled oscillator (DCO) is becoming an attractive replacement over the voltage
control oscillator (VCO) with the advances of digital intensive research on all-digital phase …

As semiconductor fabrication process become complex to achieve target yield and
performance in sub-20nm field-effect transistors (FETs), not only the number of design rule …