• DocumentCode
    3474907
  • Title

    2-GHz band ultra-low-voltage LC-VCO IC in 130nm CMOS technology

  • Author

    Xin Yang ; Kangyang Xu ; Wei Wang ; Uchida, Yasuo ; Yoshimasu, Toshihiko

  • Author_Institution
    Grad. Sch. of Inf., Waseda Univ., Kitakyushu, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    3-5 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    An ultra-low-voltage LC-VCO IC has been demonstrated using 130nm CMOS technology. The LC-VCO IC includes a cross-coupled nMOSFET pair, a spiral inductor, MOS varactors and a buffer amplifier. The LC-VCO IC is designed, fabricated and fully evaluated on wafer. The VCO IC exhibits a phase noise of -137 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset from the 2.2 GHz carrier at a supply voltage of only 0.5 V.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; MOS capacitors; amplifiers; inductors; low-power electronics; phase noise; varactors; voltage-controlled oscillators; CMOS technology; MOS varactors; buffer amplifier; cross-coupled nMOSFET pair; frequency 2 GHz; phase noise; size 130 nm; spiral inductor; ultra-low-voltage LC-VCO IC; voltage 0.5 V; Integrated circuits; MOSFET circuits; Phase noise; Power generation; Size measurement; LC-VCO; Low Phase Noise; Ultra-Low-Power;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC), 2013 IEEE International Conference of
  • Conference_Location
    Hong Kong
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EDSSC.2013.6628052
  • Filename
    6628052