Monolithically integrated sigma delta frequency synthesizers in 0.13 {_m63m [my-m] CMOS [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Valentyn Anatoliiovych Solomko

Monolithically IntegratedSigma-Delta FrequencySynthesizers in 0.13 μm CMOSVon der Fakult¨at fu¨r Mathematik, Naturwissenschaften und Informatikder Brandenburgischen Technischen Universit¨at Cottbuszur Erlangung des akademischen GradesDoktor der Ingenieurwissenschaften(Dr.-Ing.)genehmigte Dissertationvorgelegt vonMagisterValentyn Anatoliiovych Solomkogeboren am 09.05.1982 in Kiew (Ukraine)Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Heinrich Klar (TU Berlin)Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Georg B¨ock (TU Berlin)Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Peter Weger (BTU Cottbus)Tag der mu¨ndlichen Pru¨fung: 8. Juli 2008AcknowledgementsI would like to express sincere appreciation to my advisor Prof. Dr. Peter Wegerfor his support over this work.I would like to express profound gratitude to my father Dr. A. V. Solomko forsharing his broad experience in scientific matters and his invaluable encourage-ment throughout this research work.I am grateful to Denys Martynenko for his designs used in developed de-vices, many helpful discussions and support, Oleksiy Gerasika for valuable helpthroughout the study and hardware designs used in measurement setups, AndriyVasylyev, and Wojciech Debski for their informative discussions.I would like to acknowledge Werner Simbu¨rger and Gu¨nther Tr¨ankle fromInfineon Technologies for support in chip fabrication, Christoph Sandner for thehelp in answering many questions concerning research topic.