Title :
An array of 4 complementary LC-VCOs with 51.4% W-Band coverage in 32nm SOI CMOS
Author :
Kim, Daeik D. ; Jonghae Kim ; Cho, Choongyeun ; Plouchart, Jean-Olivier ; Kumar, Mahender ; Lee, Woo-Hyeong ; Rim, Ken
Author_Institution :
IBM, Hopewell Junction, VA
Abstract :
CMOS VCOs have been implemented for mm-wave applications.LC-VCO is attractive for VCO arrays. It uses an LC-tank and its area is minimal and highly scalable. The use of state-of-the-art nanometer CMOS technology is essential to retain high-speed design margin for mm-wave circuits and provisions are required to make the complementary LC-VCO more scalable and manufacturable against the process variability and technology uncertainty.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; millimetre wave integrated circuits; silicon-on-insulator; SOI CMOS; VCO arrays; complementary LC-VCO; mm-wave circuits; size 32 nm; CMOS technology; Circuit optimization; Frequency; Inductors; Parasitic capacitance; Phase noise; Power amplifiers; Tuning; Varactors; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference - Digest of Technical Papers, 2009. ISSCC 2009. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3458-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.2009.4977416
