Title :
A 100 GHz transformer-based varactor-less VCO with 11.2% tuning range in 65nm CMOS technology
Author :
Yi, Xiang ; Boon, Chirn Chye ; Lin, Jia Fu ; Lim, Wei Meng
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
A 100 GHz transformer-based VCO is implemented in a 65nm CMOS technology. The large and linear magnetic tuning is realized by using a triple-coupled transformer. The tuning range of the proposed VCO is from 95.37 GHz to 106.68 GHz, which is currently the widest at the frequency around and above 100 GHz in CMOS technology. The measured phase noise is -104.5 dBc/Hz @ 10 MHz offset from a carrier frequency of 100.03 GHz. The power consumption is from 3.52 to 11.9 mW across the tuning range, with a 0.8 V supply voltage. The figure-of-merit FOM is -175.5 dBc/Hz and FOMT is -176.5 dBc/Hz respectively.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; phase noise; power consumption; transformers; voltage-controlled oscillators; CMOS technology; carrier frequency; linear magnetic tuning; measured phase noise; power consumption; transformer-based VCO; transformer-based varactorless VCO; triple-coupled transformer; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Frequency measurement; Phase noise; Tuning; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
ESSCIRC (ESSCIRC), 2012 Proceedings of the
Conference_Location :
Bordeaux
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2212-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1930-8833
DOI :
10.1109/ESSCIRC.2012.6341312
