• DocumentCode
    2521834
  • Title

    Design of a 24GHz wide tuning-range VCO with optimized switches in resonator

  • Author

    Zheng, Hongda ; Yang, Oongxu ; Zeng, Oajie ; Zhang, Li ; Yu, Zhiping

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Microelectron., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    15-17 Dec. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    A wide tuning range 24GHz VCO (voltage-controlled oscillator) using IBM 90nm CMOS process is presented. Switched inductor and two bits capacitance array offer a widely tuning range. In addition, optimized switches are adopted to improve both tuning range and phase noise performance. Simulation shows that -101dBc/Hz phase noise is achieved at 1MHz offset. The tuning range of the VCO spans from 21.9GHz to 27.1GHz. Total power consumption of the VCO core is 3.3mW from 0.8V supply.
  • Keywords
    CMOS analogue integrated circuits; inductors; microwave oscillators; microwave resonators; phase noise; switching circuits; voltage-controlled oscillators; capacitance array; frequency 1 MHz; frequency 21.9 GHz to 27.1 GHz; phase noise performance; power 3.3 mW; resonator switch; size 90 nm; switched inductor; voltage 0.8 V; wide tuning-range voltage controlled oscillator; Arrays; Dual band; Resonant frequency; Switches; Tuning; Varactors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC), 2010 IEEE International Conference of
  • Conference_Location
    Hong Kong
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-9997-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EDSSC.2010.5713765
  • Filename
    5713765