Title :
A simple CMOS VCO
Author :
Venkataraman, Srinivasan ; Zhang, Yumin
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK, USA
Abstract :
A novel CMOS VCO is investigated with a design of ring oscillator, where the frequency of the oscillator can be adjusted by the voltage of the substrate. A ring oscillator with five inverters is simulated with Cadence; with 1.6 μm technology the range of the oscillation frequency is 271-289 MHz. If implemented with state-of-art technology, the oscillation frequency can be beyond 10 GHz.
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; VHF oscillators; radiofrequency integrated circuits; voltage-controlled oscillators; 1.6 micron; 271 to 289 MHz; CMOS VCO; Cadence simulation; inverter; ring oscillator; CMOS technology; Delay; Equations; Frequency; Inverters; MOS devices; MOSFET circuits; Ring oscillators; Threshold voltage; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2002. MWSCAS-2002. The 2002 45th Midwest Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7523-8
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.2002.1187169
