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    Presenter(s)
    Rafael Vieira Headshot
    Display Name
    Rafael Vieira
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Instituto de Telecomunicações
    Country
    Country
    Portugal
    Author(s)
    Display Name
    Fabio Passos
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Instituto Superior Técnico – Universidade de Lisboa
    Display Name
    Rafael Vieira
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Instituto de Telecomunicações
    Display Name
    António Canelas
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Instituto de Telecomunicações
    Display Name
    Ricardo Póvoa
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Instituto Superior Técnico – Universidade de Lisboa
    Display Name
    Nuno Lourenço
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Instituto Superior Técnico – Universidade de Lisboa
    Display Name
    Nuno Horta
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Instituto Superior Técnico – Universidade de Lisboa
    Display Name
    Jorge Guilherme
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Instituto Politécnico de Tomar
    Abstract

    This work presents a 16MHz on-chip oscillator based on a frequency-locked loop (FLL) which is radiation hardened by design and intended for space applications. The oscillator maintains a high temperature stability over a wide range of temperatures, process and voltage variations. The FLL presents a 7-stage current starved ring oscillator using output signal combiners for lower radiation sensitivity. Furthermore, the system presents high reconfigurability by using several DACs to adjust the oscillator’s output frequency and the temperature slope dependency. This reconfigurability is especially useful to maintain all performances across PVT variations.

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    • A Radiation-Hardened Frequency-Locked Loop On-Chip Oscillator with 33.6ppm/ºC Stability for Space Applications (application/pdf)