Monolithic microwave LC oscillator based on a novel phase noise characterization method

Author

van der Tang, Johan ; Kasperkovitz, Dieter

Author_Institution

Philips Res. Lab., Eindhoven, Netherlands

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

429

Abstract

A monolithic LC oscillator design is presented with a carrier to noise ratio (CNR) of 118 dBc/Hz at 2 MHz offset of the 1.3 GHz carrier. Circuit optimization is performed utilizing a novel phase noise simulation method. The described method uses standard AC noise simulation resulting in fast phase noise simulations with simulation times in the order of 30 to 60 seconds. The LC oscillator design is implemented in an advanced bipolar Silicon On Anything (SOA) process. This technology features extremely low parasitics and high quality coils and varactors. The SOA process has enabled a low power VCO design dissipating only 0.8 mW. Measured tuning range is 1.15 GHz to 1.3 GHz

Keywords

MMIC oscillators; UHF integrated circuits; UHF oscillators; bipolar analogue integrated circuits; circuit optimisation; circuit tuning; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit noise; low-power electronics; phase noise; silicon; voltage-controlled oscillators; 0.8 mW; 1.15 to 1.3 GHz; Si; UHF LC oscillator; advanced bipolar SOA process; bipolar silicon on anything process; circuit optimization; high quality coils; high quality varactors; low parasitics; low power VCO design; monolithic LC oscillator design; phase noise characterization method; standard AC noise simulation; tuning range; Circuit noise; Circuit optimization; Circuit simulation; Coils; Microwave oscillators; Phase noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio; Silicon; Varactors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frequency and Time Forum, 1999 and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, 1999., Proceedings of the 1999 Joint Meeting of the European

Conference_Location

Besancon

ISSN

1075-6787

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5400-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FREQ.1999.840798

Filename

840798