• DocumentCode
    2023451
  • Title

    A 57–63 GHz quadrature VCO in CMOS 65 nm

  • Author

    Sakian, Pooyan ; Heijden, Edwin V d ; Cheema, Hammad M. ; Mahmoudi, Reza ; Van Roermund, Arthur

  • Author_Institution
    Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    28-29 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    120
  • Lastpage
    123
  • Abstract
    A 60 GHz I-Q VCO covering the frequency range from 57.5 to 63.1 GHz is presented. It exhibits a phase noise of - 95.3 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset from a 57.5 GHz carrier. Fabricated in a 65 nm bulk CMOS process, the two VCO-cores consume 30 mA in total from a 1.2 V supply.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; millimetre wave oscillators; voltage-controlled oscillators; I-Q VCO; bulk CMOS process; current 30 mA; frequency 1 MHz; frequency 57.5 GHz to 63.1 GHz; quadrature VCO; size 65 nm; voltage 1.2 V; CMOS technology; Circuit optimization; Coupling circuits; Frequency; Parasitic capacitance; Phase noise; Q factor; Tuning; Varactors; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, 2009. EuMIC 2009. European
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4749-7
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5296379