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    Zhaoqi Chen Headshot
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    Zhaoqi Chen
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    East China Normal University
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    Zhaoqi Chen
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    East China Normal University
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    Chunqi Shi
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    East China Normal University
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    Yuri Lu
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    East China Normal University
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    Runxi Zhang
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    East China Normal University
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    Hao Deng
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    University of Houston
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    Jinghong Chen
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    University of Houston
    Abstract

    This paper proposed a cascaded harmonic enhanced injection-locked frequency tripler fabricated in a 40-nm CMOS process. In order to suppress the fundamental signal and the second harmonic signal, an injection-locked doubler is explored, and then the obtained ×2 frequency signal is mixed with the fundamental signal to realize the third harmonic signal and then the third harmonic signal is injected into the tank of the injection-locked frequency selection network to improve the output power. The tripler achieves a fundamental suppression over -69 dBc and a second harmonic suppression over -66 dBc. The output power over the entire locking range from 71.5 to 86.7 GHz is larger than 5.5 dBm. The chip occupies a die area of 0.25×0.35 mm2 and dissipates 20 mW of power.

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    • A 71-86 GHz Cascaded Harmonic Enhanced Tripler with -69 dBc Fundamental and -66 dBc Second Harmonic Suppression (application/pdf)