Title :
A low-voltage 12GHz VCO in 0.13/spl mu/m CMOS for OFDM applications
Author :
Han, Yiping ; Larson, Lawrence E. ; Lie, Donald Y C
Author_Institution :
Center for Wireless Commun., California Univ., San Diego, CA
Abstract :
A low voltage 12GHz VCO is fabricated in a 0.13mum CMOS process. The VCO with a 0.8V supply consumes 6mA. The measured phase noise is -84dBc/Hz at 100kHz and -106dBc/Hz at 1MHz offset from the center frequency. Design optimization techniques for high performance VCOs in a low voltage CMOS process are discussed
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; MMIC oscillators; OFDM modulation; low-power electronics; microwave integrated circuits; phase noise; voltage-controlled oscillators; 0.13 micron; 0.8 V; 1 MHz; 12 GHz; 6 mA; OFDM applications; low voltage CMOS process; phase noise; voltage controlled oscillators; Circuit noise; Degradation; Noise reduction; OFDM; Phase noise; Q factor; Tail; Varactors; Voltage; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, 2006. Digest of Papers. 2006 Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9472-0
DOI :
10.1109/SMIC.2005.1588002
