Title :
A 70GHz VCO with 8GHz Tuning Range in 0.13um CMOS Technology
Author :
Liu, Zongru ; Skafidas, Efstratios ; Evans, Rob
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC
Abstract :
A 70 GHz VCO with 8 GHz tuning range is implemented on 0.13um CMOS. It has an output power of - 4 dBm and a phase noise of -107 dBc/Hz at 10 MHz carrier offset. From 0 to 70 degree Celsius the output power varies from -4 dBm to -8 dBm and exhibits a maximum frequency deviation of 200 MHz over this range. The VCO has the highest figure of merit (-169.8dBc/Hz) of any VCO fabricated on bulk CMOS operating above 60 GHz.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; voltage-controlled oscillators; CMOS technology; VCO; frequency 10 MHz; frequency 70 GHz; frequency 8 GHz; size 0.13 mum; temperature 0 degC to 70 degC; CMOS technology; Circuit optimization; Frequency conversion; Impedance; Millimeter wave radar; Millimeter wave technology; Phase noise; Power generation; Tuning; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Integrated Circuit Conference, 2008. EuMIC 2008. European
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
978-2-87487-007-1
DOI :
10.1109/EMICC.2008.4772289
