A 5 GHz low-power quadrature SiGe VCO with automatic amplitude control

Author

Mazouffre, Olivier ; Lapuyade, Herve ; Begueret, Jean-Baptiste ; Cathelin, Andreia ; Belot, Didier ; Deval, Yann

Author_Institution

IXL Lab., Bordeaux Univ., Talence, France

fYear

2003

fDate

28-30 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

57

Lastpage

60

Abstract

This paper presents the design and the experimental measurements of a fully integrated quadrature VCO and its prescaler for HiperLAN2 applications. The presented circuit is implemented in a BiCMOS SiGe 0.25μm process from STMicroelectronics. The VCO and the prescaler are optimized for low voltage (<1.5V) and low power operation. The VCO draws 3 mA and fulfills an 18% of frequency tuning range, while exhibiting a phase noise of -93 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz from the 5.2 GHz carrier. The amplitude and phase errors were measured to respectively less than 0.2 dB and 3 °. The integrated prescaler presents a maximum operating frequency of 10 GHz with a supply current of 1 mA.

Keywords

BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; integrated circuit design; low-power electronics; prescalers; silicon compounds; voltage-controlled oscillators; 0.25 micron; 1 MHz; 1 mA; 10 GHz; 3 mA; 5 GHz; 5.2 GHz; BiCMOS process; HiperLAN2 application; STMicroelectronics; SiGe; amplitude errors; automatic amplitude control; frequency tuning range; integrated prescaler; integrated quadrature VCO; low-power quadrature VCO; phase errors; phase noise; voltage controlled oscillator; BiCMOS analog integrated circuits; Counting circuits; Integrated circuit design; Silicon compounds; Voltage controlled oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, 2003. Proceedings of the

ISSN

1088-9299

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7800-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BIPOL.2003.1274935

Filename

1274935