A CMOS 3.3-8.4 GHz Wide Tuning Range, Low Phase Noise LC VCO

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作者
Sadhu, Bodhisatwa [1 ]
Kim, Jaehyup [1 ]
Harjani, Ramesh [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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10.1109/CICC.2009.5280768
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A novel inductor switching technique is used to design and implement a wideband LC voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) in 0.13 mu m CMOS. The VCO has a tuning range of 87.2% between 3.3 and 8.4 GHz with phase noise ranging from 122 to 117.2 dBc/Hz at 1MHz offset. The power varies between 6.5 and 15.4 mW over the tuning range. This results in a Power-Frequency-Tuning Normalized figure of merit (PFTN) between 6.6 and 10.2 dB which is one of the best reported to date.
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