• DocumentCode
    2394882
  • Title

    A 2.4 GHz low phase noise VCO fabricated by 0.18 μm pMOS technologies

  • Author

    Ho, Chien-Chih ; Kuo, Chin-Wei ; Hsiao, Chao-Chih ; Chan, Yi-Jen

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Central Univ., Chung-li, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-8 Oct. 2003
  • Firstpage
    144
  • Lastpage
    146
  • Abstract
    2.4 GHz monolithic voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) have been fabricated by 0.18 μm pMOS technologies. A phase noise as low as -105 dBc/Hz at a 100 kHz offset is achieved in the output spectrum with a tuning range of 90 MHz, and the dc power consumption is 13.5 mW. Comparing with the nMOS VCO, the improved phase noise from the pMOS VCO is about 15 dB.
  • Keywords
    MOS integrated circuits; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit noise; monolithic integrated circuits; phase noise; power consumption; voltage-controlled oscillators; 0.18 micron; 100 kHz; 13.5 mW; 15 dB; 2.4 GHz; low phase noise VCO; monolithic VCO; monolithic voltage controlled oscillators; pMOS technology; CMOS technology; Circuits; Inductors; MOS devices; MOSFETs; Noise level; Phase noise; Spirals; Varactors; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    VLSI Technology, Systems, and Applications, 2003 International Symposium on
  • ISSN
    1524-766X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7765-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VTSA.2003.1252573
  • Filename
    1252573