DocumentCode
516674
Title
A 1GHz, 1.5V Monolithic LC Oscillator in 1-μm CMOS
Author
Basedau, Philipp ; Huang, Qiuting
Author_Institution
Integrated Systems Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
fYear
1994
fDate
20-22 Sept. 1994
Firstpage
172
Lastpage
175
Abstract
The feasibility of implementing a monolithic CMOS oscillator is investigated. Back-etching the substrate under the inductor spiral on chip can improve its quality factor substantially, resulting in an LC oscillator running at 985MHz while consuming 11mA from 1.5V.
Keywords
Active inductors; CMOS technology; Circuits; Coils; Costs; Etching; Oscillators; Q factor; Silicon; Spirals;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1994. ESSCIRC '94. Twentieth European
Conference_Location
Ulm, Germany
Print_ISBN
2-86332-160-9
Type
conf
Filename
5468505
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