Title :
A 60GHz CMOS VCO Using On-Chip Resonator with Embedded Artificial Dielectric for Size, Loss and Noise Reduction
Author :
Daquan Huang ; Hant, William ; Ning-Yi Wang ; Ku, T.W. ; Qun Gu ; Wong, Rita ; Chang, Mau-Chung Frank
Author_Institution :
California Univ., Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
An on-chip resonator with artificial dielectric in place of the LC tank yields reduced metal/substrate losses, higher resonator Q and alambda/4 length reduction of 4.7 times. The VCO uses 90nm CMOS, with 0.015mm2 area, consumes 1.9mW and has a measured phase noise of -100dBc/Hz at 1MHz offset. The FOM is -193dBc/Hz
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; dielectric materials; embedded systems; interference suppression; resonators; voltage-controlled oscillators; 1 MHz; 1.9 mW; 60 GHz; 90 nm; CMOS VCO; LC tank; embedded artificial dielectric; loss reduction; metal/substrate losses; noise reduction; on-chip resonator; phase noise; size reduction; CMOS technology; Dielectric constant; Dielectric losses; Dielectric substrates; Noise reduction; Propagation losses; Strips; Transmission lines; Varactors; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2006. ISSCC 2006. Digest of Technical Papers. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0079-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.2006.1696168
