Title :
A new approach to fully integrated CMOS LC-oscillators with a very large tuning range
Author :
Herzel, Frank ; Erzgräber, Heide ; Ilkov, Nikolay
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Semicond. Phys., Frankfurt, Germany
Abstract :
We describe a new approach to fully integrated CMOS LC-oscillators with very large tuning range. An experimental oscillator is tunable from 1.34 GHz to 2.14 GHz. The standard deviation of the oscillation period due to thermal device noise is below 250 ppm. Potential applications include wideband RF systems and clock generation in microprocessors
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; UHF integrated circuits; UHF oscillators; circuit tuning; integrated circuit noise; phase noise; thermal noise; variable-frequency oscillators; 1.34 to 2.14 GHz; CMOS LC-oscillators; fully integrated LC-oscillators; microprocessor clock generation; thermal device noise; wide tuning range; wideband RF systems; CMOS technology; Circuit optimization; Circuit simulation; Inductance; Phase noise; Radio frequency; Switches; Tuning; Voltage control; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 2000. CICC. Proceedings of the IEEE 2000
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5809-0
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.2000.852733
