• DocumentCode
    439395
  • Title

    Impact of indirect stability on phase noise performance of fully-integrated LC tuned VCOs

  • Author

    Samori, C. ; Lacaita, A.L. ; Zanchi, A. ; Levantino, S. ; Torrisi, F.

  • Author_Institution
    Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    21-23 Sept. 1999
  • Firstpage
    202
  • Lastpage
    205
  • Abstract
    The phase noise of a VCO integrated in a RF receiver, fabricated in high-speed bipolar technology is studied in detail. The limitations arising from the AM-to-PM noise conversion and the indirect stability of the circuit have been addressed, introducing experimental and simulation procedures for their assessment. We show that the sources of low-frequency noise, usually neglected, due to these effects become instead important and limit the VCO phase noise performance.
  • Keywords
    CMOS technology; Circuit testing; Inductors; Noise measurement; Phase measurement; Phase noise; Q factor; Radio frequency; Stability; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1999. ESSCIRC '99. Proceedings of the 25th European
  • Conference_Location
    Duisburg, Germany
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1471131
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=439395