• DocumentCode
    2989108
  • Title

    Substrate Coupling Effect under Various Noise Injection Topologies in LC-Voltage Controlled Oscillator

  • Author

    Wang, Shen-Sz ; Wu, Yu-Chen ; Hsu, Shawn S H ; Chan, Chih-Yuan

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    3-5 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    705
  • Lastpage
    708
  • Abstract
    Impact of substrate noise coupling on a wideband VCO (5.6 to 7.5 GHz) was investigated using different noise injection topologies. Measured results indicated that IM2 increased by ~ 5 to 7 dB and IM3 by ~ 6 to 10 dB when the inductor guard ring floated. In addition, the noise at high frequencies still degraded the VCO performance even not injected directly to the substrate. The observed trends were modeled and explained by a simple physical-based resistive network together with the oxide layer capacitors successfully.
  • Keywords
    capacitors; voltage-controlled oscillators; LC-voltage controlled oscillator; noise injection topology; oxide layer capacitor; physical-based resistive network; substrate coupling effect; wideband VCO; CMOS technology; Circuit noise; Circuit topology; Coupling circuits; Frequency; Inductors; Integrated circuit noise; Network topology; Noise measurement; Voltage-controlled oscillators; Noise coupling; RF CMOS; VCO;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2007 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Honolulu, HI
  • ISSN
    1529-2517
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0530-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1529-2517
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RFIC.2007.380980
  • Filename
    4266528