• DocumentCode
    3406761
  • Title

    Design of cross coupled CMOS unsaturated ring oscillators

  • Author

    Leung, Bosco

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    7-10 Aug. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Design is presented for lowering phase noise in CMOS unsaturated ring oscillator having cross coupled pair load. It is verified on simulated circuit examples using 0.18μm CMOS technology. The procedure involves methodically varying circuit parameters such as W/L ratios and biasing to reduce phase noise from cycle to cycle correlation, while keeping a constant oscillation frequency and power dissipation.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; oscillators; CMOS technology; W/L ratios; circuit parameters; constant oscillation frequency; cross coupled CMOS unsaturated ring oscillators; phase noise; power dissipation; size 0.18 mum;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2011 IEEE 54th International Midwest Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul
  • ISSN
    1548-3746
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-856-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1548-3746
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSCAS.2011.6026541
  • Filename
    6026541