A GHz spintronic-based RF oscillator

Author

Vincent, P. ; Cyrille, M.-C. ; Viala, B. ; Delaet, B. ; Michel, J.P. ; Villard, P. ; Prouvée, J. ; Houssamedine, D. ; Ebels, U. ; Katine, J.A. ; Mauri, D. ; Florez, S. ; Ozatay, O. ; Folks, L. ; Terris, B.D. ; Badets, F.

Author_Institution

CEA-Leti Minatec, Grenoble

fYear

2009

Firstpage

196

Abstract

In this paper, a first investigation of the use of spintronic based oscillators has been made with very promising results showing a large frequency tuning range (85%), combined with extremely small die size compare to the standard LC VCO (gain factor of 50). The measured output power is -45 dBm, which is two decades higher than published results from spin valves exhibiting similar narrow RF emissions with a dynamic of 120 dBc. Further improvements in the performance of the STO are expected both at the device level (by magnetic multi-layer engineering) and at the system level, through new oscillator and transceiver architectures.

Keywords

radiofrequency oscillators; transceivers; frequency tuning range; spintronic-based RF oscillator; transceiver architectures; Magnetic devices; Magnetoelectronics; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Power measurement; Radio frequency; Spin valves; Transceivers; Tuning; Voltage-controlled oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Circuits Conference - Digest of Technical Papers, 2009. ISSCC 2009. IEEE International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3458-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSCC.2009.4977375

Filename

4977375