Terahertz frequency synthesis in CMOS for a chip-scale molecular clock
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
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| author | Mawdsley, James P. |
| author2 | Ruonan Han. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1230522019-11-22T03:23:11Z Terahertz frequency synthesis in CMOS for a chip-scale molecular clock THz frequency synthesis in complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor for a chip-scale molecular clock Mawdsley, James P. Ruonan Han. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2019 Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-118). Clocks are fundamental to modern communications, navigation, and sensing systems. A recently invented chip-scale molecular clock (CSMC) based on terahertz electronics could enable low-cost, atomic-grade timekeeping for applications that are poorly served by existing clock technologies. However, the first CSMC left opportunities to optimize the terahertz electronics for a second version, for instance by improving transmitter phase noise. In this thesis, I designed millimeter-wave and terahertz circuits in CMOS for a new CSMC. A 60GHz VCO, frequency multiplier chain, and terahertz detector were designed for the high-frequency front-end of a 231GHz transceiver. This involved iterative circuit and electromagnetic optimization from schematic to layout. The circuits were integrated with other high-speed and baseband circuits on a single chip in order to synthesize a stable clock signal by locking to the 231.061GHz rotational transition line of carbonyl sulfide (16O 12C 32S) gas. The chip was taped-out in a TSMC 65nm CMOS process and measured. The results offer insights for future work on molecular clocks and terahertz electronics. by James P. Mawdsley. M. Eng. M.Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 2019-11-22T00:04:26Z 2019-11-22T00:04:26Z 2019 2019 Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123052 1128023849 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 118 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Mawdsley, James P. Terahertz frequency synthesis in CMOS for a chip-scale molecular clock |
| title | Terahertz frequency synthesis in CMOS for a chip-scale molecular clock |
| title_full | Terahertz frequency synthesis in CMOS for a chip-scale molecular clock |
| title_fullStr | Terahertz frequency synthesis in CMOS for a chip-scale molecular clock |
| title_full_unstemmed | Terahertz frequency synthesis in CMOS for a chip-scale molecular clock |
| title_short | Terahertz frequency synthesis in CMOS for a chip-scale molecular clock |
| title_sort | terahertz frequency synthesis in cmos for a chip scale molecular clock |
| topic | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123052 |
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