A 60 GHz VCO with 6GHz tuning range in 130 nm bulk CMOS

Author

Liu, Zongru ; Skafidas, Efstratios ; Evans, Rob J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of EEE, Melbourne Univ., Melbourne, VIC

Volume

1

fYear

2008

fDate

21-24 April 2008

Firstpage

209

Lastpage

211

Abstract

The IEEE 802.15.3c standards committee is working towards developing a standard that operates in the 57-66 GHz range and delivers data rates in the many gigabits per second range for devices communicating over a few meters. A 60 GHz cross-coupled differential voltage controlled oscillator is designed in 130 nm CMOS technology. The tuning range is from 64 GHz to 70 GHz, with a measured phase noise of -90.7 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset. The oscillator employs fundamental 30 GHz VCO with push-push output followed by buffers.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; IEEE standards; circuit tuning; phase noise; voltage-controlled oscillators; wireless LAN; CMOS technology; IEEE 802.15.3 c standards committee; VCO; cross-coupled differential voltage controlled oscillator; frequency 57 GHz to 66 GHz; frequency 64 GHz to 70 GHz; phase noise; push-push output; size 130 nm; tuning range; CMOS technology; Communication standards; Costs; Millimeter wave technology; Phase noise; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Standards development; Tuning; Voltage-controlled oscillators; 60GHz; CMOS; Phase Noise; Tuning Range; VCO;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, 2008. ICMMT 2008. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1879-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1880-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMMT.2008.4540342

Filename

4540342