• DocumentCode
    2359526
  • Title

    Assessment of the impact of technology scaling on the performance of LC-VCOs

  • Author

    Ponton, D. ; Knoblinger, G. ; Roithmeier, A. ; Tiebout, M. ; Fulde, M. ; Palestri, P.

  • Author_Institution
    DIEGM, Univ. of Udine, Udine, Italy
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    14-18 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    351
  • Lastpage
    354
  • Abstract
    This paper analyzes the scaling of LC voltage controlled oscillator (LC-VCO) implemented in advanced planar CMOS technologies. An LC-VCO for GSM applications, has been designed in state-of-the-art 45/40 nm and 32 nm CMOS technologies, exploiting different front- and back-end of line (FEOL/BEOL) options. The designs are compared with each other and with recent literature in terms of power and phase-noise performance.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; phase noise; voltage-controlled oscillators; LC voltage controlled oscillator; phase-noise performance; planar CMOS technology; size 32 nm to 45 nm; technology scaling; Bridge circuits; CMOS technology; GSM; Impedance; MOS devices; Radio frequency; Tail; Topology; Tuning; Voltage control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid State Device Research Conference, 2009. ESSDERC '09. Proceedings of the European
  • Conference_Location
    Athens
  • ISSN
    1930-8876
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4351-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1930-8876
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ESSDERC.2009.5331398
  • Filename
    5331398