Title :
Observations on the relationship between energy transfer efficiency and phase noise in an LC oscillator
Author :
Murphy, David ; Qu, Min ; Buckley, John ; Kennedy, Michael Peter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microelectron. Eng., Cork Univ. Coll., Ireland
fDate :
28 Aug.-2 Sept. 2005
Abstract :
It can be shown that a differential LC oscillator has a point of maximum energy efficiency. Furthermore it has been observed, through extensive simulation, that this point corresponds to the point at which the oscillator experiences a "flattening" out of its phase noise profile.
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; RLC circuits; coupled circuits; integrated circuit noise; phase noise; radiofrequency integrated circuits; radiofrequency oscillators; differential LC oscillators; energy transfer efficiency; phase noise profile; Energy efficiency; Energy exchange; Inductors; Oscillators; Phase noise; RLC circuits; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Resistors; Semiconductor device noise; Tail;
Conference_Titel :
Circuit Theory and Design, 2005. Proceedings of the 2005 European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9066-0
DOI :
10.1109/ECCTD.2005.1523123
