• DocumentCode
    2544152
  • Title

    A Wideband CMOS LC-VCO Using Variable Inductor

  • Author

    Ohashi, Kazuma ; Ito, Yusaku ; Yoshihara, Yoshiaki ; Okada, Kenichi ; Masu, Kazuya

  • Author_Institution
    Integrated Res. Inst., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    23-26 Jan. 2007
  • Firstpage
    98
  • Lastpage
    99
  • Abstract
    This paper proposes a wide-range tunable CMOS voltage controlled oscillator (VCO). VCO uses an on-chip variable inductor and switched capacitors as variable elements. The VCO was fabricated using a standard 0.18 mum CMOS process with five metal layers. The oscillation frequency can be tuned from 1.28 GHz to 2.75 GHz with tuning range of 72 %.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; UHF integrated circuits; UHF oscillators; circuit tuning; inductors; switched capacitor networks; voltage-controlled oscillators; 0.18 micron; 1.28 to 2.75 GHz; CMOS process; switched capacitors; tunable CMOS voltage controlled oscillator; variable inductor; wideband CMOS LC-VCO; Capacitors; Circuits; Inductance; Inductors; Phase noise; Radio frequency; Spirals; Tuning; Voltage-controlled oscillators; Wideband;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Design Automation Conference, 2007. ASP-DAC '07. Asia and South Pacific
  • Conference_Location
    Yokohama
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0629-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1-4244-0630-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ASPDAC.2007.357959
  • Filename
    4196005