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A Low-Voltage Low-Phase-Noise 25-GHz Two-Tank Transformer-Feedback VCO


Abstract:

This paper presents a low-voltage low-phase-noise LC voltage-controlled-oscillator (VCO) with a novel two-tank transformer-feedback topology. The flicker noise up-convers...Show More

Abstract:

This paper presents a low-voltage low-phase-noise LC voltage-controlled-oscillator (VCO) with a novel two-tank transformer-feedback topology. The flicker noise up-conversion is suppressed by making the drain impedance of the cross-coupled transistors to be a real number at the second harmonic of the oscillation. The loaded quality factor is boosted and the noise contribution from the transconductor of the VCO is reduced by introducing a negative source impedance. A prototype VCO based on this topology is demonstrated in a 65 nm digital CMOS process. The VCO is operated from 23.9 to 26.9 GHz at a low supply voltage of 0.6 V, while achieving an ultra-low 1/f3 phase noise corner from 170 to 240 kHz across the tuning range. The phase noise is -110 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz frequency offset. The power consumption is 4.8 mW. The measurement results demonstrate that the VCO achieves a state-of-the-art phase noise performance in both the 1/f2 region and the 1/f3 region.
Page(s): 3162 - 3173
Date of Publication: 03 April 2018

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