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Gong, J. (author), Charbon-Iwasaki-Charbon, E. (author), Sebastiano, F. (author), Babaie, M. (author)This article presents a low-jitter and low-spur charge-sampling phase-locked loop (CSPLL). A charge-domain sub-sampling phase detector is introduced to achieve a high phase-detection gain and to reduce the PLL in-band phase noise. Even without employing any power-hungry isolation buffers, the proposed phase detector dramatically suppresses...journal article 2022
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Pimenta, Matheus (author), Gürleyük, C. (author), Walsh, Paul (author), O’Keeffe, Daniel (author), Babaie, M. (author), Makinwa, K.A.A. (author)This article presents a low-power eddy-current sensor interface for touch applications. It is based on a bang-bang digital phase-locked loop (DPLL) that converts the displacement of a metal target into digital information. The PLL consists of a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) built around a sensing coil and a capacitive DAC, a...journal article 2021
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van Dijk, J.P.G. (author), Patra, B (author), Pellerano, Stefano (author), Charbon-Iwasaki-Charbon, E. (author), Sebastiano, F. (author), Babaie, M. (author)The design of a large-scale quantum computer requires co-optimization of both the quantum bits (qubits) and their control electronics. This work presents the first systematic design of such a controller to simultaneously and accurately manipulate the states of multiple spin qubits or transmons. By employing both analytical and simulation...journal article 2020
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Urso, A. (author), Chen, Y. (author), Staszewski, R.B. (author), Dijkhuis, Johan F. (author), Stanzione, Stefano (author), Liu, Y. (author), Serdijn, W.A. (author), Babaie, M. (author)In this paper, we propose a new scheme to directly power a 4.9-5.6GHz LC oscillator from a recursive switched-capacitor DC-DC converter. A finite-state machine is integrated to automatically adjust the conversion ratio and switching frequency of the converter such that its DC output voltage is within ±5% of the desired 1V across input voltage...journal article 2020
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Van DIjk, Jeroen Petrus Gerardus (author), Patra, B (author), Xue, X. (author), Samkharadze, Nodar (author), Corna, A. (author), Sammak, A. (author), Scappucci, G. (author), Veldhorst, M. (author), Vandersypen, L.M.K. (author), Charbon-Iwasaki-Charbon, E. (author), Babaie, M. (author), Sebastiano, F. (author)Building a large-scale quantum computer requires the co-optimization of both the quantum bits (qubits) and their control electronics. By operating the CMOS control circuits at cryogenic temperatures (cryo-CMOS), and hence in close proximity to the cryogenic solid-state qubits, a compact quantum-computing system can be achieved, thus promising...journal article 2020
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A Supply Pushing Reduction Technique for LC Oscillators Based on Ripple Replication and CancellationChen, Y. (author), Liu, Yao-Hong (author), Zong, Z. (author), Dijkhuis, Johan (author), Dolmans, Guido (author), Staszewski, R.B. (author), Babaie, M. (author)In this paper, we propose a method to suppress supply pushing of an LC oscillator such that it may directly operate from a switched-mode dc-dc converter generating fairly large ripples. A ripple replication block (RRB) generates an amplified ripple replica at the gate terminal of the tail current source to stabilize the oscillator's tail...journal article 2019
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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), Babaie, M. (author), Chen, Huan-Neng (Ron) (author), Cho, Lan-Chou (author), Jou, Chewn-Pu (author), Chen, Mark (author), Staszewski, R.B. (author)We propose a time-predictive architecture of an all-digital PLL (ADPLL) for cellular radios, which is optimized for advanced CMOS. It is based on a 1/8-length time-to-digital converter (TDC) of stabilized 7-ps resolution, as well as wide tuning range, and fine-resolution class-F digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) with only switchable metal...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
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Shahmohammadi, M. (author), Babaie, M. (author), Staszewski, R.B. (author)In this paper, we propose a method to reduce a flicker (1/f) noise upconversion in voltage-biased RF oscillators. Excited by a harmonically rich tank current, a typical oscillation voltage waveform is observed to have asymmetric rise and fall times due to even-order current harmonics flowing into the capacitive part, as it presents the lowest...journal article 2016
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Babaie, M. (author), Staszewski, R.B. (author)An oscillator topology demonstrating an improved phase noise performance is proposed in this paper. It exploits the time-variant phase noise model with insights into the phase noise conversion mechanisms. The proposed oscillator is based on enforcing a pseudo-square voltage waveform around the LC tank by increasing the third-harmonic of the...journal article 2013