Title :
A 1.8-GHz monolithic LC voltage-controlled oscillator
Author :
Nguyen, Nhat M. ; Meyer, Robert G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
fDate :
3/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new monolithic LC voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) is described. The circuit does not require any external components and an experimental version realized a 200-MHz tuning range at 1.8 GHz. On-chip inductors are used to fabricate the LC tuned circuits used in the oscillator
Keywords :
MMIC; microwave oscillators; tuning; variable-frequency oscillators; 1.8 GHz; LC oscillators; LC tuned circuits; MMIC oscillators; S-band; UHF; VCO; on chip inductors; tuning range; voltage-controlled oscillator; Circuit optimization; Circuit stability; Feedback loop; Inductors; Phase noise; RLC circuits; Resonant frequency; Ring oscillators; Voltage; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Journal_Title :
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
