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Terahertz frequency synthesis in CMOS for a chip-scale molecular clock

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Mawdsley, James P.
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THz frequency synthesis in complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor for a chip-scale molecular clock
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Advisor
Ruonan Han.
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Abstract
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.
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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).
 
Date issued
2019
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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123052
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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