Title :
Low phase noise 130nm CMOS ring VCO
Author :
Lucchi, P. ; Borgarino, M. ; Begueret, J.B. ; Jacquemod, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
Abstract :
This paper reports on a voltage controlled ring oscillator fabricated in a 130nm CMOS technology. The oscillator was obtained cascading three delay cells. The schematic of the single delay cell was kept as simple as possible by avoiding the use of cross-coupled pairs. The achieved low phase noise makes the presented ring VCO useful for the design of a correlation radar to be used in medicine for short distance vital signal detection.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; biomedical electronics; medical signal detection; phase noise; voltage-controlled oscillators; CMOS ring VCO; cascading three delay cells; correlation radar; phase noise; short distance vital signal detection; size 130 nm; voltage controlled ring oscillator; CMOS integrated circuits; Delay; Phase noise; Ring oscillators; Tuning; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS), 2011 IEEE 9th International
Conference_Location :
Bordeaux
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-135-9
DOI :
10.1109/NEWCAS.2011.5981226
