• DocumentCode
    3549957
  • Title

    Fully integrated 1.7GHz, 188dBc/Hz FoM, 0.8V, 320μW LC-tank VCO and frequency divider

  • Author

    Midtgaard, Jesper ; Jeppesen, Thomas ; Christensen, Kåre Tais ; Bruun, Erik ; Andreani, Pietro

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Phys. Electron., Denmark Tech. Univ., Lyngby, Denmark
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    16-18 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    244
  • Lastpage
    247
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a 0.13μm CMOS 1.7GHz VCO with frequency divider, suitable for ultra-low-power hearing-aid applications. The circuit has a 16% tuning range, a minimum power consumption of 320μW from a 0.8V power supply, power-supply and temperature compensation, an excellent 188dBc/Hz figure-of-merit without the need of off-chip components, and an area of 0.2mm2.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; UHF oscillators; frequency dividers; low-power electronics; voltage-controlled oscillators; 0.13 micron; 0.8 V; 1.7 GHz; 320 muW; CMOS; LC-tank voltage controlled oscillator; frequency divider; hearing-aid applications; low-power electronics; power consumption; temperature compensation; Batteries; Circuit optimization; Energy consumption; Frequency conversion; Power supplies; Receivers; Temperature distribution; Tuning; Voltage-controlled oscillators; Wireless sensor networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    VLSI Circuits, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. 2005 Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    4-900784-01-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VLSIC.2005.1469377
  • Filename
    1469377