Title :
A 60GHz Miller Effect Based VCO in 65nm CMOS with 10.5% Tuning Range
Author :
Lont, Maarten ; Mahmoudi, Reza ; Van der Heijden, Edwin ; De Graauw, Anton ; Sakian, Pooyan ; Baltus, Peter ; Van Roermund, Arthur
Author_Institution :
Mixed-signal Microelectron., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven
Abstract :
This paper presents a 60 GHz voltage controlled oscillator implemented in conventional 65 nm CMOS technology. This VCO employs an alternative tuning system based on the Miller capacitance instead of conventional varactors. The presented VCO has a tuning range of 10.5 % and operates in the frequency range of 59.5 GHz to 66.1 GHz. It has an output power of -13 dBm and a phase noise of 80 dBc to -85 dBc/Hz @ 1 MHz over its entire range. The figure-of-merit (FOM) of this VCO is -162 dB.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; circuit tuning; millimetre wave oscillators; phase noise; varactors; voltage-controlled oscillators; CMOS technology; Miller capacitance; VCO; conventional varactors; frequency 1 MHz; frequency 59.5 GHz to 66.1 GHz; size 65 nm; tuning; voltage controlled oscillator; CMOS technology; Capacitance; Frequency; Millimeter wave technology; Phase noise; Q factor; Tuning; Varactors; Voltage; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, 2009. SiRF '09. IEEE Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3940-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2831-1
DOI :
10.1109/SMIC.2009.4770487
