ISSCC 2026
Session 27
Clocking & PLLs
A 20GHz Frequency Synthesizer with Spur-Shaping Modulator Achieving 46.2fs Jitter and -76.5dBc Worst-Case Fractional Spur
Abstract In this paper, a frequency synthesizer is proposed with low fractional spur and low jitter, featuring a spur-shaping-modulator (SSM) technique that suppresses the nonlinearity arising from inter-slice mismatch.
ISSCC 2026
Session 21
RF & Wireless
A ±60mA-Inaccuracy Low-Side Average Current Sensor with Operating-Conditions-Insensitive Control Supporting 0.1-to-3A Load Range and Sub-100ns Sample Time for Automotive USB Charge Application
Abstract In Paper 21.6, UESTC and SouthChip Semiconductor Technology present a low-side average current sensor for automotive USB charging, which supports 0.1-to-3A load range and sub100ns sample time with ±60mA inaccura
ISSCC 2025
Session 5
RF & Wireless
A 56-to-64GHz Linear Power Amplifier with 30.2dBm Psat and 23.5% PAEpeak Using Scalable Matched-Zone-Expanding Radial Power Combining with EM-Loss Reduction in 40nm Bulk CMOS
Increasing demands on millimeter-wave (mm-wave) wireless transmission, including 5G NR FR2-2 and SATCOM, require low-cost, high-power, and high-efficiency power amplifier (PA) supporting multi-Gb/s data-rates. A major ch
ISSCC 2025
Session 13
Other
Xiling: Cryo-CMOS 18-bit Dual-DAC Manipulator with 4.6μV Precision and 4.1nV/Hz0.5 Noise Co-Integrated with the Single Electron Transistor at 60mK
Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China 3 Chengdu Data Automation System Technologies, Chengdu, China 1 2 Millions of physical quantum-bits (Qubits) are envisioned for a fault-tolerant quantum comp
ISSCC 2023
Session 8
mm-Wave
A 28GHz Scalable Inter-Core-Shaping Multi-Core Oscillator with DM/CM-Configured Coupling Achieving 193.3dBc/Hz FoM and 205.5dBc/Hz FoMA at 1MHz Offset
The high-order modulation schemes of mm-wave wireless communication networks (e.g., 5GNR) have stringent requirements for the LO phase noise. Besides, to minimize the power consumption of oscillators, a high figure-of-me
ISSCC 2023
Session 34
Quantum & Photonics
A Calibration-Free 12.8-16.5GHz Cryogenic CMOS VCO with 202dBc/Hz FoM for Classic-Quantum Interface
Chengdu Data Automation System Technologies, Chengdu, China 1 Recently, physical quantum-bits (Qubits) have achieved a remarkable operational fidelity >99.9% and a coherence time ranging from milliseconds to seconds with
ISSCC 2023
Session 18
Wireless
71-to-89GHz 12Gb/s Double-Edge-Triggered Quadrature RFDAC with LO Leakage Suppression Achieving 20.5dBm Peak Output Power and 20.4% System Efficiency
The growing demand of millimeter-wave (mm-wave) wireless transmission leads to the requirement of low-cost, high-efficiency, and multi-Gb/s data-rate wireless systems. Allocated by the Federal Communications Commission (
ISSCC 2021
Session 26
AI / ML
A Watt-Level Quadrature Switched/Floated-Capacitor Power Amplifier with Back-Off Efficiency Enhancement in Complex Domain Using Reconfigurable Self-Coupling Canceling Transformer
Modern wireless communication systems in portable devices require transmitters (TXs) with watt-level output power (Pout), high data-rate, and high efficiency, especially at power back-off (PBO) for enhanced average effic
ISSCC 2021
Session 20
RF & Wireless
A 3.09-to-4.04GHz Distributed-Boosting and HarmonicImpedance-Expanding Multi-Core Oscillator with -138.9dBc/Hz at 1MHz Offset and 195.1dBc/Hz FoM
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China 1 2 The rapid development of high-speed communication and radar systems has placed stringent requirements on the spectral purity of RF oscillators. Also, maximizing battery lifetime,
ISSCC 2020
Session 25
Digital Circuits
A Scalable 20GHz On-Die Power-Supply Noise Analyzer with Compressed Sensing
Power-supply noise (PSN) is a key consideration that determines the performance, as well as functionality of ICs, especially for modern SoCs with significantly increased scale, level of integration, and sophisticated vol
ISSCC 2020
Session 23
Analog Circuits
A 130dB CMRR Instrumentation Amplifier with Common-Mode Replication
Interfacing with high-impedance sensors, such as dry-contacted electrodes and accelerometers requires high CMRR with sufficient input impedance concurrently. From the system point of view, the total CMRR (TCMRR) is deter
ISSCC 2020
Session 17
Clocking & PLLs
A 18.6-to-40.1GHz 201.7dBc/Hz FoMT Multi-Core Oscillator Using E-M Mixed-Coupling Resonance Boosting
The development of millimeter-wave (mmW) multiple-band systems for the 5G wireless and point-to-point backhaul communication requires ultra-wideband signal sources with low phase noise. However, with increasing parasitic
ISSCC 2018
Session 23
Other
A 22.8-to-43.2GHz Tuning-Less Injection-Locked Frequency Tripler Using Injection-Current Boosting with 76.4% Locking Range for Multiband 5G Applications
Future cross-network and international roaming are attractive in mm-wave fifthgeneration (5G) wireless networks with multiband operations. The generation of an ultra-wide-bandwidth ultra-low-phase-noise (PN) local oscill