Title :
A low-phase-noise low-phase-error 1.8 GHz quadrature CMOS VCO
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electroscience, Lund Univ., Sweden
Abstract :
A 1.8 GHz quadrature VCO in standard 0.35 /spl mu/m CMOS with three metal layers shows -140 dBc/Hz or less phase noise across an 18% tuning range, while drawing 25 mA from a 2 V power supply. The quadrature phase error between the VCO outputs is at most 0.25/spl deg/.
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; UHF integrated circuits; UHF oscillators; circuit tuning; integrated circuit noise; phase noise; voltage-controlled oscillators; 0.35 micron; 1.8 GHz; 2 V; 25 mA; CMOS quadrature VCO; phase error; phase noise; tuning range; Baseband; Frequency; Noise measurement; Phase noise; Solid state circuits; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2002. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2002 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7335-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.2002.993046
