• DocumentCode
    439261
  • Title

    A coupled sawtooth oscillator combining low jitter and high control linearity

  • Author

    Gierkink, S.L.J. ; van Tuijl, A.J.M.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    22-24 Sept. 1998
  • Firstpage
    96
  • Lastpage
    99
  • Abstract
    A new type of current controlled oscillator (CCO) is presented that combines excelllent control linearity with low timing jitter. The problem of overshoot in traditional relaxation oscillators is solved by using an alternative for the Schmitt-trigger. Circuits realised in a 0.8µm CMOS process show a HD2 < -65dB and HD3 < -85 dB (Δf=500 kHz). The measured phase noise is smaller than -100dBc/Hz at 10kHz carrier offset frequency at FOSC=1.5 MHz for a supply current of 360µA.
  • Keywords
    CMOS process; Coupling circuits; Current measurement; Frequency measurement; Linearity; Noise measurement; Oscillators; Phase measurement; Phase noise; Timing jitter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1998. ESSCIRC '98. Proceedings of the 24th European
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ESSCIR.1998.186217
  • Filename
    1470974