• DocumentCode
    752346
  • 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
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    3/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    444
  • Lastpage
    450
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9200
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/4.121569
  • Filename
    121569