A 1.3-2.8 GHz wide range CMOS LC-VCO using variable inductor

被引:18
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作者
Ito, Yusaku [1 ]
Yoshihara, Yoshiaki [1 ]
Sugawara, Hirotaka [1 ]
Okada, Kenichi [1 ]
Masu, Kazuya [1 ]
机构
[1] Tokyo Inst Technol, Precis & Intelligence Lab, Midori Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2268503, Japan
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D O I
10.1109/ASSCC.2005.251716
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
This paper proposes a novel wide-range tunable CMOS voltage controlled oscillator (VCO). VCO uses an on-chip variable inductor and switched capacitors as variable elements. The VCO was fabricated using a standard 0.18 mu m CMOS process with five metal layers. The oscillation frequency can be tuned from 1.28 GHz to 2.75 GHz with tuning range of 72%. The proposed VCO operates with low phase noise, and it achieves high FOMT -205.9dBc/Hz.
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页数:4
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