摘要
This paper presents a new CMOS LC-VCO with a 2.95–3.65 GHz tuning range.The large tuning range is achieved by tuning curve compensation using a novel varactor configuration,which is mainly composed of four accumulation-mode MOS varactors（A-MOS）and two bias voltages.The proposed varactor has the advantages of optimizing quality factor and tuning range simultaneously,linearizing the effective capacitance and thus greatly reducing the amplitude-to-phase modulation（AM-PM）conversion.The circuit is validated by simulations and fabricated in a standard 0.18μm 1P6M CMOS process.Measured phase noise is lower than–91 dBc at 100 kHz offset from a 3.15 GHz carrier while measured tuning range is 21.5%as the control voltage varies from 0 to 1.8 V.The VCO including buffers consumes 2.8 mA current from a 1.8 V supply.
This paper presents a new CMOS LC-VCO with a 2.95–3.65 GHz tuning range.The large tuning range is achieved by tuning curve compensation using a novel varactor configuration,which is mainly composed of four accumulation-mode MOS varactors（A-MOS）and two bias voltages.The proposed varactor has the advantages of optimizing quality factor and tuning range simultaneously,linearizing the effective capacitance and thus greatly reducing the amplitude-to-phase modulation（AM-PM）conversion.The circuit is validated by simulations and fabricated in a standard 0.18μm 1P6M CMOS process.Measured phase noise is lower than–91 dBc at 100 kHz offset from a 3.15 GHz carrier while measured tuning range is 21.5%as the control voltage varies from 0 to 1.8 V.The VCO including buffers consumes 2.8 mA current from a 1.8 V supply.
基金
supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(No.2007AA12Z344)
