Design of a MOS RLC-oscillator with specified total harmonic distortion

Author

Filanovsky, I.M. ; Oliveira, Leonardo B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of ECE, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

fYear

2011

fDate

7-10 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Operation of a MOS RLC-oscillator is considered, and it is shown that it can be described by the van der Pol model. The transformation of time scale to the oscillator intrinsic time allows one to use the previously obtained results for harmonic content of the van der Pol model. One can calculate the total harmonic distortions and use it to design an oscillator with required level of them. The correction of frequency in case of strongly distorted oscillations is also given. The results are verified by design and simulation of an RLC-oscillator for realization in 130 nanometer technology for communications in wireless test systems.

Keywords

MOS integrated circuits; RLC circuits; harmonic distortion; harmonic oscillators (circuits); nanoelectromechanical devices; relaxation oscillators; MOS RLC-oscillator design; nanometer technology; oscillator intrinsic time; size 130 nm; time scale transformation; total harmonic distortion; van der Pol model; wireless test system; Manganese; Predictive models;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2011 IEEE 54th International Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

Seoul

ISSN

1548-3746

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-856-3

Electronic_ISBN

1548-3746

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.2011.6026605

Filename

6026605