Title :
A dual-mode wide-band CMOS oscillator
Author :
Agarwal, Shatam ; Gharpurey, Ranjit
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
A technique is proposed for the design of dual-mode CMOS oscillators, that is potentially useful in broadband applications. The oscillator can be configured to operate in one of two modes, by an electrical reconfiguration of the negative resistance core around the resonant tank, without switching passive elements within the tank itself. The configuration helps to minimize the difference in phase noise performance between the two modes.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; negative resistance; oscillators; phase noise; broadband applications; dual-mode wide-band CMOS oscillator; electrical reconfiguration; negative resistance core; phase noise performance; resonant tank; Capacitance; Capacitors; Circuit optimization; Frequency; Inductance; Inductors; Oscillators; Tuning; Ultra wideband radar; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems Workshop,(DCAS), 2009 IEEE Dallas
Conference_Location :
Richardson, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5483-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5484-6
DOI :
10.1109/DCAS.2009.5505726
