Title :
A 57–63 GHz quadrature VCO in CMOS 65 nm
Author :
Sakian, Pooyan ; Heijden, Edwin V d ; Cheema, Hammad M. ; Mahmoudi, Reza ; Van Roermund, Arthur
Author_Institution :
Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
A 60 GHz I-Q VCO covering the frequency range from 57.5 to 63.1 GHz is presented. It exhibits a phase noise of - 95.3 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset from a 57.5 GHz carrier. Fabricated in a 65 nm bulk CMOS process, the two VCO-cores consume 30 mA in total from a 1.2 V supply.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; millimetre wave oscillators; voltage-controlled oscillators; I-Q VCO; bulk CMOS process; current 30 mA; frequency 1 MHz; frequency 57.5 GHz to 63.1 GHz; quadrature VCO; size 65 nm; voltage 1.2 V; CMOS technology; Circuit optimization; Coupling circuits; Frequency; Parasitic capacitance; Phase noise; Q factor; Tuning; Varactors; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, 2009. EuMIC 2009. European
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4749-7
