Design of mM-W Fully Integrated CMOS Standing-Wave VCOs Using Low-Loss CPW Resonators

Author

Li, Ming ; Amaya, Rony E.

Author_Institution

Commun. Res. Centre Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Volume

59

Issue

2

fYear

2012

Firstpage

78

Lastpage

82

Abstract

The design of two fully integrated 43-GHz voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) implemented in a 90-nm CMOS process is presented. Both use standing-wave transmission line resonators instead of a lumped tank to provide extended output frequency ranges and relatively low phase noise (PN). Coplanar waveguide structures with and without slow-wave features were employed in the two VCO circuits. The test results of the manufactured chips were compared. The circuit with the slow-wave feature showed a lower PN (-102.7 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz), whereas the one without the slow-wave structure showed a wider tuning range (1.96 GHz). The two VCOs were developed for use in licensed E-band transceiver systems.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; coplanar waveguides; field effect MIMIC; millimetre wave oscillators; radio transceivers; voltage-controlled oscillators; CMOS standing-wave VCO; E-band transceiver systems; coplanar waveguides; field effect MIMIC; frequency 43 GHz; low-loss CPW resonators; lumped tank; millimetre wave oscillators; phase noise; size 90 nm; slow-wave features; standing-wave transmission line resonators; tuning range; voltage-controlled oscillators; CMOS integrated circuits; Coplanar waveguides; Resonant frequency; Transmission line measurements; Tuning; Voltage-controlled oscillators; E-band application; fully integrated CMOS voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO); millimeter wave; slow-wave coplanar waveguide (CPW) transmission line; standing-wave resonator;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1549-7747

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCSII.2011.2180095

Filename

6123201