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Pourmousavian, Naser (author), Kuo, Feng Wei (author), Siriburanon, Teerachot (author), Babaie, M. (author), Staszewski, R.B. (author)This paper proposes an ultra-low-voltage (ULV) fractional-N all-digital PLL (ADPLL) powered from a single 0.5-V supply. While its digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) runs directly at 0.5 V, an internal switched-capacitor dc-dc converter ``doubles'' the supply voltage to all the digital circuitry and particularly regulates the time-to...journal article 2018
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Kuo, Feng-Wei (author), Binsfeld Ferreira, S. (author), Chen, Huan-Neng Ron (author), Cho, Lan-Chou (author), Jou, Chewn-Pu (author), Hsueh, Fu-Lung (author), Madadi, I. (author), Tohidian, M. (author), Shahmohammadi, M. (author), Babaie, M. (author), Staszewski, R.B. (author)We present an ultra-low-power Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) transceiver (TRX) for the Internet of Things (IoT) optimized for digital 28-nm CMOS. A transmitter (TX) employs an all-digital phase-locked loop (ADPLL) with a switched current-source digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) featuring low frequency pushing, and class-E/F<sub>2</sub>...journal article 2017
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Babaie, M. (author), Kuo, F (author), Chen, H (author), Cho, L (author), Jou, C. P. (author), Hsueh, F. L. (author), Shahmohammadi, M. (author), Staszewski, R.B. (author)We propose a new transmitter architecture for ultra-low power radios in which the most energy-hungry RF circuits operate at a supply just above a threshold voltage of CMOS transistors. An all-digital PLL employs a digitally controlled oscillator with switching current sources to reduce supply voltage and power without sacrificing its startup...journal article 2016