• DocumentCode
    2179412
  • Title

    Low phase noise low power 4.3 GHz VCO in standard 0.35 μm CMOS

  • Author

    Peter, Matthias ; Hein, Heiko ; Oehler, Frank ; Baureis, Peter

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Appl. Sci. Wurzburg-Schweinfurt, Erlangen, Germany
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    358
  • Lastpage
    361
  • Abstract
    Good phase noise performance of an integrated 4.3 GHz VCO, implemented in a standard, digital 0.35 μm CMOS process is reported. Measured phase noise at 4.3 GHz is -120 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset. Current consumption is only 3.0 mA at 1.5 V supply voltage.
  • Keywords
    CMOS analogue integrated circuits; MMIC oscillators; Q-factor; circuit tuning; field effect MMIC; integrated circuit noise; low-power electronics; phase noise; voltage-controlled oscillators; 0.35 micron; 1.5 V; 3.0 mA; 4.3 GHz; CMOS; VCO; current consumption; low power circuit; phase noise; supply voltage; CMOS digital integrated circuits; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Frequency; Inductors; Phase noise; Q factor; Spirals; Varactors; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems for Communications, 2002. Proceedings. ICCSC '02. 1st IEEE International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    5-7422-0260-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OCCSC.2002.1029115
  • Filename
    1029115