• DocumentCode
    3390289
  • Title

    A thorough analysis of the tank quality factor in LC oscillators with switched capacitor banks

  • Author

    Toso, Stefano Dal ; Bevilacqua, Andrea ; Gerosa, Andrea ; Neviani, Andrea

  • Author_Institution
    DEI, Univ. of Padova, Padova, Italy
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    May 30 2010-June 2 2010
  • Firstpage
    1903
  • Lastpage
    1906
  • Abstract
    A thorough analysis of the tank quality factor in LC oscillators using switched capacitor banks has been carry out taking into account the contribution of the switched capacitances in the off state. Analysis results, confirmed by circuit level simulations, clearly show that the contribution of the switched capacitances in off state strongly affects the quality factor of the capacitor bank, and thus of the tank, increasing it. General expressions of the quality factor of useful one-port reactive networks are also presented.
  • Keywords
    capacitors; oscillators; LC oscillator; circuit level simulation; switched capacitor bank; tank quality factor; Analytical models; Capacitance; Circuit simulation; Energy consumption; Frequency; Phase noise; Q factor; Switched capacitor networks; Tuning; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Paris
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5308-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5309-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISCAS.2010.5537949
  • Filename
    5537949