This paper demonstrates wide-band CMOS VCO based on the transformer feedback from traditional circuit to our proposed work. The start up condition of the traditional cross-coupled pair is expressed by the high frequen...This paper demonstrates wide-band CMOS VCO based on the transformer feedback from traditional circuit to our proposed work. The start up condition of the traditional cross-coupled pair is expressed by the high frequency model. The wide band technique of this structure is derived with the help of the high frequency model of the transistor. Therefore, the wide band CMOS VCO based on the common source transformer feedback topology can achieves the high performance in the low voltage and low phase noise. The measurement result of the VCO exhibits the figure of merit, core power consumption and output power at supply voltage 0.8 V are –193.1 dBc/Hz, 4.4 mW and –2.3 dBm, respectively. The phase noise is –124.3 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset under the operation frequency 5.8 GHz. And the tuning range of the circuit can obtain 28%, this VCO is fabricated in TSMC 0.18 μm 1P6MCMOS process.展开更多
A fully integrated cross-coupled LC tank voltage-controlled oscillator（LC-VCO） using transformer feedback is proposed to achieve a low phase noise and ultra-low-power design even at a supply below the threshold volt...A fully integrated cross-coupled LC tank voltage-controlled oscillator（LC-VCO） using transformer feedback is proposed to achieve a low phase noise and ultra-low-power design even at a supply below the threshold voltage. The ultra-low-power VCO is implemented in the mixed-signal and RF 1P6M 0.18-μm CMOS technology of SMIC. The measured phase noise is-125.3 dBc/Hz at an offset frequency of 1 MHz from a carrier of 2.433 GHz,while the VCO core circuit draws only 640μW from a 0.4-V supply.The designed VCO can cover a frequency range from 2.28 to 2.48 GHz.The tuning range of the circuit is 200 MHz（8.7%） and the FOM is-195.7 dB,which is suitable for an IEEE 802.11b receiver.展开更多
文摘This paper demonstrates wide-band CMOS VCO based on the transformer feedback from traditional circuit to our proposed work. The start up condition of the traditional cross-coupled pair is expressed by the high frequency model. The wide band technique of this structure is derived with the help of the high frequency model of the transistor. Therefore, the wide band CMOS VCO based on the common source transformer feedback topology can achieves the high performance in the low voltage and low phase noise. The measurement result of the VCO exhibits the figure of merit, core power consumption and output power at supply voltage 0.8 V are –193.1 dBc/Hz, 4.4 mW and –2.3 dBm, respectively. The phase noise is –124.3 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset under the operation frequency 5.8 GHz. And the tuning range of the circuit can obtain 28%, this VCO is fabricated in TSMC 0.18 μm 1P6MCMOS process.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.60772008)the Education Government of Zhejiang Province,China(No.Y200805918).
文摘A fully integrated cross-coupled LC tank voltage-controlled oscillator（LC-VCO） using transformer feedback is proposed to achieve a low phase noise and ultra-low-power design even at a supply below the threshold voltage. The ultra-low-power VCO is implemented in the mixed-signal and RF 1P6M 0.18-μm CMOS technology of SMIC. The measured phase noise is-125.3 dBc/Hz at an offset frequency of 1 MHz from a carrier of 2.433 GHz,while the VCO core circuit draws only 640μW from a 0.4-V supply.The designed VCO can cover a frequency range from 2.28 to 2.48 GHz.The tuning range of the circuit is 200 MHz（8.7%） and the FOM is-195.7 dB,which is suitable for an IEEE 802.11b receiver.
