• DocumentCode
    3627970
  • Title

    Design and Optimization of 20 GHz LC-VCOs in SiGe:C BiCMOS Technology

  • Author

    Jacques Verdier;Jose Cruz Nunez Perez;Christian Gontrand

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. des Nanotechnol. de Lyon, Villeurbanne
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    648
  • Lastpage
    652
  • Abstract
    The design and analysis of fully integrated voltage controlled oscillators (VCO) for 20 GHz low cost and low power communication system is presented in this paper. Two differential topologies have been studied: balanced Colpitts VCO and LC-VCO using a cross-coupled differential pair. We have focussed on oscillation frequency, tuning range, phase noise, and output power optimization and buffer stage specifications. SiGe:C hetero-junction bipolar transistors of fT=55 GHz have been used and produced with a monolithic BiCMOS technology.
  • Keywords
    "Design optimization","BiCMOS integrated circuits","Voltage-controlled oscillators","Costs","Topology","Frequency","Tuning","Phase noise","Power generation","Bipolar transistors"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems for Communications, 2008. ICCSC 2008. 4th IEEE International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1707-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCSC.2008.143
  • Filename
    4536835
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3627970