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A low‐phase‐noise CMOS quadrature VCO with PMOS back‐gate coupling
Author(s) -
Yeh MeiLing,
Lin YaoChian,
Liou WanRone,
Kuo ShengHing,
Roblin Patrick,
Chang Chung Cheng
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.25564
Subject(s) - dbc , pmos logic , phase noise , cmos , voltage controlled oscillator , figure of merit , electrical engineering , materials science , microwave , voltage , optoelectronics , engineering , transistor , telecommunications
A new PMOS backgate quadrature voltage controlled oscillator (QVCO) is designed and implemented using TSMC 0.18 μm 1P6M CMOS technology.The phase noise of the PMOS back‐gate coupled QVCO operating at 1.5 V is measured to be −100 dBc/Hz and −125.08 dBc/Hz at 100 KHz and 1 MHz offset, respectively, for a low power consumption of 15 mW. The backgate QVCO demonstrates a wide frequency tuning range, a low phase noise, and a low power consumption. The corresponding figure‐of‐merit of the QVCO is −186 dBc/Hz. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 52:2682–2685, 2010; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.25564