• DocumentCode
    3323809
  • Title

    Noise power optimization of monolithic CMOS VCOs

  • Author

    Vora, Sameer ; Larson, Lawrence E.

  • Author_Institution
    California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    167
  • Lastpage
    170
  • Abstract
    A small-signal and large-signal analysis was performed on a CMOS microwave VCO and the key contributors to its phase noise were determined. These analyses were verified for a 2.0 GHz, fully integrated L-C VCO in 0.6 μm CMOS technology and a phase noise of -103 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz frequency offset with DC power consumption of 22 mW was obtained. These noise analyses can be used to optimize the phase noise of the VCO for a given power consumption
  • Keywords
    CMOS analogue integrated circuits; MMIC oscillators; UHF integrated circuits; UHF oscillators; circuit optimisation; equivalent circuits; integrated circuit noise; network analysis; phase noise; voltage-controlled oscillators; 0.6 micron; 2 GHz; 22 mW; fully integrated LC VCO; large-signal analysis; monolithic CMOS VCOs; noise power optimization; phase noise; small-signal analysis; CMOS technology; Capacitance; Circuit noise; Circuit testing; Integrated circuit noise; Noise generators; Phase noise; Radio frequency; Semiconductor device noise; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 1999 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • ISSN
    1097-2633
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5604-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RFIC.1999.805263
  • Filename
    805263