Title :
High performance flip-chip multi-mode, multi-band VCO IC using a standard low cost BiCMOS process
Author :
Lovelace, D. ; Disilvestro, R.
Author_Institution :
Semicond. Products Sector, Motorola Inc., Tempe, AZ, USA
Abstract :
A low cost, high performance flip-chip multi-mode, multi-band voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) IC is presented. This IC is suitable for high performance VCO circuits over a wide range of frequencies. A novel noise reduction circuit technique is used to obtain improved phase noise performance without the use of a higher cost SiGe BiCMOS processes. This IC has a measured phase noise of -162 dBc/Hz at a 20 MHz offset operating at an oscillation frequency of 900 MHz with an output power of +10 dBm.
Keywords :
BiCMOS integrated circuits; UHF integrated circuits; UHF oscillators; flip-chip devices; integrated circuit noise; interference suppression; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; phase noise; voltage-controlled oscillators; 0.4 micron; 900 MHz; flip-chip VCO IC; multi-band VCO IC; multi-mode VCO IC; noise reduction circuit technique; phase noise performance; standard low cost BiCMOS process; voltage controlled oscillator IC; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Costs; Frequency; Germanium silicon alloys; Integrated circuit noise; Noise reduction; Phase noise; Power measurement; Silicon germanium; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2001. Digest of Papers. 2001 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6601-8
DOI :
10.1109/RFIC.2001.935641
