Title :
Performance Review of High-Quality-Factor, Low-Noise, and Wideband Radio-Frequency LC-VCO for Wireless Communication [Application Notes]
Author :
Moghavvemi, Mahmoud ; Attaran, Aliyar
Author_Institution :
Center of Res. & Appl. Electron., Univ. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
fDate :
6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The rapid growth in the network-communication-system market has placed higher demands on radio-frequency (RF) transceivers. The voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) is one of the most important building blocks of any communications system, and a high-performance VCO is critical to cover new requirements in communication systems such as required frequency bandwidth recommended by ITU-R, high phase noise performance, power consumption, die size and its cost.
Keywords :
Q-factor; radio networks; radio transceivers; radiofrequency oscillators; voltage-controlled oscillators; ITU-R; RF transceivers; high-quality-factor; performance review; phase noise performance; power consumption; radiofrequency transceivers; voltage-controlled oscillator; wideband radiofrequency LC-VCO; wireless communication; CMOS integrated circuits; MOS devices; Performance evaluation; Phase noise; Radio frequency; Topology; Transistors; Wideband;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MMM.2011.940602
