SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
Abstract: An integrated low-phase-noise voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) has been designed and fabricated in SMIC 0.18 μm RF CMOS technology. The circuit employs an optimally designed LC resonator and a differential cross-coupling amplifier acts as a negative resistor to compensate the energy loss of the resonator. To extend the frequency tuning range, a three-bit binary-weighted switched capacitor array is used in the circuit. The testing result indicates that the VCO achieves a tuning range of 60% from 1.92 to 3.35 GHz. The phase noise of the VCO is -117.8 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset from the carrier frequency of 2.4 GHz. It draws 5.6 mA current from a 1.8 V supply. The VCO integrated circuit occupies a die area of 600 × 900 μm2. It can be used in the IEEE802.11b based wireless local network receiver.
Key words: VCO
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Received: 20 August 2015 Revised: 19 July 2011 Online: Published: 01 November 2011
| Citation: |
Li Wenyuan, Li Xian, Wang Zhigong. LC voltage controlled oscillator in 0.18-μm RF CMOS[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2011, 32(11): 115003. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/32/11/115003
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