NDLI: A Low Phase Noise Quadrature VCO Using Symmetrical Tail Current-Shaping Technique

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	I-Shing Shen Tze-Che Huang Jou, C.F.
Copyright Year	2001
Abstract	This letter presents a new symmetrical tail current-shaping technique to improve the phase noise of a quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator (QVCO). This proposed QVCO consists of two first-harmonic injection-locked oscillators (ILOs) and the outputs are injected back to the gates of the QVCO's tail transistors in order to shape the tail currents. A switching current path is provided between the two tail current sources in order to eliminate the asymmetric phenomenon of the tail currents. The measured phase noise can be improved by 4 dB using this technique. This CMOS LC-tank QVCO has been implemented using the TSMC 0.18 μm mixed-signal/RF CMOS 1P6M technology and the die area is 0.7 × 1.1 mm². The total power consumption is 11.2 mW at the supply voltage of 1.4 V. The measured phase noise at 1 MHz offset is -119.3 dBc/Hz at the oscillation frequency of 5.28 GHz. The figure of merit (FOM) of the proposed QVCO is -183 dBc/Hz.
Sponsorship	IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
Starting Page	399
Ending Page	401
Page Count	3
File Size	369108
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15311309
Volume Number	20
Issue Number	7
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-07-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Phase noise Voltage-controlled oscillators Tail CMOS technology Noise measurement Phase measurement Injection-locked oscillators Radio frequency Energy consumption Voltage tail current-shaping CMOS integrated circuits injection-locked oscillators (ILO) LC oscillators phase noise quadrature VCO (QVCO) radio frequency (RF)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Condensed Matter Physics Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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