Large-signal and phase noise performance analysis of active inductor tunable oscillators

Author

Zhang, Xibo ; Mok, Philip K T ; Chan, Mansun ; Ko, Ping K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Kowloon, China

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

25-28 May 2003

Abstract

The design of an active inductor tunable oscillator (AITO) is discussed in this paper. The active inductor is implemented by the gyrator-C approach, using negative resistance units to supply the energy loss when oscillating. From the large-signal and phase noise performance analysis, some design techniques for AITO are achieved. An AITO oscillating at 2.4 GHz is designed and simulated, showing a very wide tuning range and acceptable noise performance. The effects of device scaling on AITO are also analyzed and simulated.

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; UHF integrated circuits; UHF oscillators; circuit tuning; gyrators; integrated circuit noise; network analysis; phase noise; voltage-controlled oscillators; 2.4 GHz; CMOS technology; active inductor tunable oscillator; design techniques; gyrator-C approach; large-signal analysis; negative resistance units; phase noise performance analysis; wide tuning range; Active inductors; CMOS technology; Circuit optimization; Integrated circuit technology; Oscillators; Performance analysis; Phase noise; Radio frequency; Transconductance; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2003. ISCAS '03. Proceedings of the 2003 International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7761-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2003.1205661

Filename

1205661