Title :
Fully integrated coarse-fine wideband distributed voltage controlled oscillator
Author :
Cannone, F. ; Avitabile, G. ; Cascella, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Politec. di Bari, Bari
fDate :
June 22 2008-April 25 2008
Abstract :
A new fully integrated distributed voltage controlled oscillator is presented. The proposed topology allows wide tuning range and fine-coarse tuning. The design of an integrated DVCO prototype is discussed and results are reported showing good performance in terms of phase noise, tuning range and power consumption.
Keywords :
Ge-Si alloys; circuit tuning; distributed amplifiers; integrated circuit design; monolithic integrated circuits; phase noise; power consumption; transistors; voltage-controlled oscillators; SiGe; distributed amplifier; fine-coarse tuning; fully integrated distributed voltage controlled oscillator; integrated DVCO prototype; npn transistor; phase noise; power consumption; Bandwidth; Design engineering; Distributed amplifiers; Frequency; Phase noise; Propagation constant; Topology; Tuning; Voltage-controlled oscillators; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Research in Microelectronics and Electronics, 2008. PRIME 2008. Ph.D.
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1983-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1984-5
DOI :
10.1109/RME.2008.4595751
