Title : 
On the bias noise to phase noise conversion in harmonic oscillators using Groszkowski theory
         
        
            Author : 
Bevilacqua, Andrea ; Andreani, Pietro
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
DEI, Univ. of Padova, Padova, Italy
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We present a study of tail-bias-current 1/f noise upconversion into 1/f3 phase noise for both Colpitts and differential-pair LC oscillators. We focus on the Groszkowski effect, i.e. the shift in oscillation frequency induced by the higher current harmonics flowing into the LC tank of a harmonic oscillator. Quantitative results match very well numerical simulations run with spectreRF, and show that the Groszkowski effect may indeed be a dominant cause of 1/f3 phase noise generation.
         
        
            Keywords : 
1/f noise; harmonic oscillators (circuits); phase noise; 1/f3 phase noise; Colpitts oscillator; Groszkowski effect; Groszkowski theory; bias noise; differential-pair LC oscillator; harmonic oscillators; oscillation frequency; tail-bias-current 1/f noise upconversion; Capacitance; Frequency modulation; Harmonic analysis; Phase noise; Resistance;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Rio de Janeiro
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-9473-6
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
0271-4302
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ISCAS.2011.5937540