Simulation and modeling of phase noise in open-loop oscillators

Author

Demir, Alper ; Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Alberto L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

5-8 May 1996

Firstpage

453

Lastpage

456

Abstract

This paper presents a discussion about the definition of phase noise for general oscillation waveforms; a numerical method for transistor-level simulation and characterization of phase noise in open-loop (free running) oscillators; application of the phase noise simulation method to harmonic, relaxation and ring oscillators and a technical discussion of the phase noise characterization results; comparisons of the results of phase noise simulations for harmonic, relaxation and ring oscillators with the results of related work in the literature

Keywords

circuit analysis computing; circuit noise; harmonic oscillators (circuits); nonlinear network analysis; phase noise; radiofrequency oscillators; relaxation oscillators; time-domain analysis; voltage-controlled oscillators; VCO; free running oscillators; harmonic oscillators; modeling; noise characterization; numerical method; open-loop oscillators; phase noise; relaxation oscillators; ring oscillators; transistor-level simulation; Circuit noise; Circuit simulation; Computer simulation; Nonlinear equations; Oscillators; Phase noise; RF signals; Radio frequency; Semiconductor device noise; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1996., Proceedings of the IEEE 1996

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3117-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CICC.1996.510595

Filename

510595