A 5.12–12.95GHz triple-resonance low phase noise CMOS VCO for software-defined radio applications

Author

Bajestan, Masoud Moslehi ; Entesari, Kamran

Author_Institution

Analog & Mixed Signal Center, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

2-4 June 2013

Firstpage

195

Lastpage

198

Abstract

This paper presents a wide-tuning range Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (VCO) for software-defined radio (SDR) applications using a resonator with three potential oscillation modes. The implemented prototype in 0.18μm CMOS technology achieves a continuous tuning range of 86.7% from 5.12GHz to 12.95GHz while drawing 5 to 10mA current from 1-V supply. The measured phase noise at 1MHz offset from carrier frequencies of 5.9, 9.12 and 12.25GHz is -122.9, -117.1 and -110.5dBc/Hz, respectively. The VCO occupies a chip area of 0.33mm².

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; phase noise; software radio; voltage-controlled oscillators; CMOS VCO; SDR; current 5 mA to 10 mA; frequency 1 MHz; frequency 12.25 GHz; frequency 5.12 GHz to 12.95 GHz; frequency 5.9 GHz; frequency 9.12 GHz; resonator; size 0.18 micron; software-defined radio; triple-resonance low phase noise; voltage 1 V; voltage-controlled oscillator; wide-tuning range VCO; CMOS integrated circuits; Inductors; Phase noise; Resonant frequency; Tuning; Voltage-controlled oscillators; Low phase noise; multi-band; software-defined radio; voltage-controlled oscillator; wide tuning range;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

1529-2517

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6059-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.2013.6569559

Filename

6569559