A 1.8 GHz highly-tunable low-phase-noise CMOS VCO

被引:35
作者
De Muer, B [1 ]
Itoh, N [1 ]
Borremans, M [1 ]
Steyaert, M [1 ]
机构
[1] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Dept ESAT MICAS, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
来源
PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE 2000 CUSTOM INTEGRATED CIRCUITS CONFERENCE | 2000年
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D O I
10.1109/CICC.2000.852736
中图分类号
TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
A 1.8 GHz fully integrated Voltage Controlled Oscillator is presented. Through inductor optimization, the phase noise is as low as -127.5 dBc/Hz at 600 kHz and -142.5 dBc/Hz at 3MHz. A 28 % wide tuning range is achieved with a 1.8 V power supply. The VCO exceeds the DCS-1800 phase noise requirements with at least 4dB over the whole DCS-1800 frequency band. The VCO is implemented in a 2-metal layer, 0.25 mu m standard CMOS technology, using no external components nor additional processing steps.
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页码:585 / 588
页数:4
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