A 10GHz Distributed Voltage Controlled Oscillator for WLAN Application in a VLSI 65nm CMOS Process

Author

Seller, N. ; Cathelin, A. ; Lapuyade, H. ; Bégueret, J.B. ; Chataigner, E. ; Belot, D.

Author_Institution

STMicroelectron., Crolles

fYear

2007

fDate

3-5 June 2007

Firstpage

115

Lastpage

118

Abstract

This work demonstrates the feasibility of a distributed voltage controlled oscillator (DVCO) designed for WLAN applications in a 65 nm CMOS process with standard VLSI backend. This DVCO achieves a tuning range of 1.1 GHz (from 10.6 GHz to 11.7 GHz) and a measured phase noise of -116 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset from the carrier. To achieve such performances, the DVCO consumes a DC current of 36 mA from a 2 V power supply.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; MMIC oscillators; VLSI; integrated circuit noise; low-power electronics; nanoelectronics; phase noise; voltage-controlled oscillators; wireless LAN; CMOS process; DVCO tuning; VLSI; WLAN; current 36 mA; distributed voltage controlled oscillator; frequency 10 GHz; frequency 10.6 GHz to 11.7 GHz; phase noise; size 65 nm; voltage 2 V; CMOS process; Cutoff frequency; Distributed parameter circuits; Phase measurement; Power transmission lines; Transmission line theory; Tuning; Very large scale integration; Voltage-controlled oscillators; Wireless LAN; 65nm CMOS; Distributed voltage controlled oscillator; VCO; coplanar waveguide;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2007 IEEE

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

1529-2517

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0530-0

Electronic_ISBN

1529-2517

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.2007.380845

Filename

4266393