NDLI: Ultra-low-Voltage high-performance CMOS VCOs using transformer feedback

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Author	Kwok, K. Luong, H.C.
Copyright Year	1966
Abstract	A transformer-feedback voltage-controlled oscillator (TF-VCO) is proposed to achieve low-phase-noise and low-power designs even at a supply below the threshold voltage. The advantages of the proposed TF-VCO are described together with its detailed analysis and its cyclo-stationary characteristic. Two prototypes using the proposed TF-VCO techniques are demonstrated in a standard 0.18-/spl mu/m CMOS process. The first design using two single-ended transformers is operated at 1.4 GHz at a 0.35-V supply using PMOS transistors whose threshold voltage is around 0.52 V. The power consumption is 1.46 mW while the measured phase noise is -128.6 dBc/Hz at 1-MHz frequency offset. Using an optimum differential transformer to maximize quality factor and to minimize the chip area, the second design is operated at 3.8 GHz at a 0.5-V supply with power consumption of 570 /spl mu/W and a measured phase noise of -119 dBc/Hz at 1-MHz frequency offset. The figures of merits are comparable or better to that of other state-of-the-art VCO designs operating at much higher supply voltage.
Sponsorship	IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society IEEE Electron Devices Society IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society IEEE San Francisco Section Bay Area Council Univ. PA IEEE
Starting Page	652
Ending Page	660
Page Count	9
File Size	1445184
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00189200
Volume Number	40
Issue Number	3
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2005-03-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Feedback Voltage-controlled oscillators Threshold voltage Energy consumption Power measurement Frequency measurement Noise measurement Phase measurement Semiconductor device measurement Phase noise wireless Inductor low phase noise low power low voltage oscillator phase-locked loop receiver synthesizer transceiver transformer voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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