A K-BAND LOW PHASE NOISE AND LOW POWER CMOS VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR

被引:5
作者
Tsai, Jeng-Han [1 ]
Lin, Yu-Zhe [1 ]
Kuo, Yin-Ting [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Taiwan Normal Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Taipei 10610, Taiwan
关键词
K-band; CMOS; voltage-controlled oscillator; VCO;
D O I
10.1002/mop.30313
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A K-band differential cross-coupled inductance-capacitance (LC) voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) is implemented in 0.18-mu m CMOS process. To accomplish high quality (Q) factor LC-tank at K-band, a slab inductor with high Q is adopted. The VCO can be tuned from 23.1 to 23.38 GHz and the core dc power consumption is 11.33 mW from 1 V power supply. The phase noise is 2109.04 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset, and the calculated figure of merit (FoM) is 2185.79 dBc/ Hz. At low supply voltage mode of 0.65 V, the phase noise is 2106.015 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset and the FoM is 2189.76 dBc/Hz. (C) 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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页数:5
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