IEICE Transactions on Electronics
Online ISSN : 1745-1353
Print ISSN : 0916-8524
Regular Section
An LC-VCO Strongly Suppresses the AM-FM Conversion Caused by Varactor
So Bong SHINSang-Gug LEE
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2008 Volume E91.C Issue 9 Pages 1516-1519

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A differential LC-VCO that adopts a transformer with asymmetric turns-ratio has been proposed. The asymmetric turns-ratio of the transformer leads to the suppression of the AM to FM conversion which is caused by the 1/f noise of the current source transistor. The analysis of the proposed scheme and the improvement in phase noise compare to conventional CMOS LC-VCOs are described. The transformer used in proposed VCO occupies about 430×430μm2 of silicon area while the inductor in compared conventional VCO does 390×390μm2.

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