• DocumentCode
    2958869
  • Title

    Differential Cross-Coupled CMOS VCOs with Resistive and Inductive Tail Biasing

  • Author

    Gagliolo, Sergio ; Pruzzo, Giacomo ; Caviglia, Daniele D.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Genoa, Genoa
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    10-13 Dec. 2006
  • Firstpage
    335
  • Lastpage
    338
  • Abstract
    Todays Wireless Communication Systems need very high performance VCOs. In many cases, phase noise levels better than -100 dBc/Hz@100 kHz have to be reached with a power consumption lower than 10 mW. This work presents a 1.8 GHz CMOS VCO with a phase noise of -113 dBc/Hz@100 kHz, where a bias resistor avoids the MOS active current source and its related noise, while a tail inductor allows truly differential operation.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; UHF integrated circuits; UHF oscillators; low-power electronics; phase noise; radiocommunication; voltage-controlled oscillators; CMOS; MOS active current source; VCO; frequency 1.8 GHz; inductive tail biasing; phase noise levels; power consumption; resistive tail biasing; wireless communication systems; Circuit noise; Energy consumption; Frequency; Inductors; Mirrors; Phase noise; Resistors; Tail; Voltage; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2006. ICECS '06. 13th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Nice
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0395-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1-4244-0395-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICECS.2006.379793
  • Filename
    4263371