High-performance harmonic-rich single-core VCO with multi-LC tank: A tutorial

Y Chen, PI Mak, RP Martins - IEEE Transactions on Circuits and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This brief overviews the development of high-performance single-core voltage-controlled
oscillators (VCOs) employing a multi-LC tank over the past two decades. From the circuit …

Oscillator flicker phase noise: A tutorial

Y Hu, T Siriburanon… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A deep understanding of how to reduce flicker phase noise (PN) in oscillators is critical in
supporting ultra-low PN frequency generation for the advanced communications and other …

Cryo-CMOS circuits and systems for quantum computing applications

B Patra, RM Incandela, JPG Van Dijk… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A fault-tolerant quantum computer with millions of quantum bits (qubits) requires massive yet
very precise control electronics for the manipulation and readout of individual qubits. CMOS …

Implicit Common-Mode Resonance in LC Oscillators

D Murphy, H Darabi, H Wu - IEEE Journal of Solid-State …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The performance of a differential LC oscillator can be enhanced by resonating the common
mode of the circuit at twice the oscillation frequency. When this technique is correctly …

A Low-Flicker-Noise 30-GHz Class-F23 Oscillator in 28-nm CMOS Using Implicit Resonance and Explicit Common-Mode Return Path

Y Hu, T Siriburanon… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a millimeter-wave (mmW) frequency generation stage aimed at
minimizing phase noise (PN) via waveform shaping and harmonic extraction while …

Insights Into Phase-Noise Scaling in Switch-Coupled Multi-Core LC VCOs for E-Band Adaptive Modulation Links

L Iotti, A Mazzanti, F Svelto - IEEE Journal of Solid-State …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-capacity wireless links at millimeter-Waves are candidate for backhaul infrastructure to
small-cell mobile networks. However, the use of high-order modulation schemes sets …

A Bluetooth low-energy transceiver with 3.7-mW all-digital transmitter, 2.75-mW high-IF discrete-time receiver, and TX/RX switchable on-chip matching network

FW Kuo, SB Ferreira, HNR Chen… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present an ultra-low-power Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) transceiver (TRX) for the Internet
of Things (IoT) optimized for digital 28-nm CMOS. A transmitter (TX) employs an all-digital …

A 27-GHz quad-core CMOS oscillator with no mode ambiguity

D Murphy, H Darabi - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There is a lower bound on the size of a planar inductor below which significant Q-
degradation occurs. While this bound can limit the absolute performance of an LC oscillator …

A 19.5-GHz 28-nm Class-C CMOS VCO, With a Reasonably Rigorous Result on 1/f Noise Upconversion Caused by Short-Channel Effects

A Franceschin, P Andreani, F Padovan… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Class-C operation is leveraged to implement a K-band CMOS voltage-controlled oscillator
(VCO) where the upconversion of 1/f current noise from the cross-coupled transistors in the …

20.1 A 5.0-to-6.36GHz Wideband-Harmonic-Shaping VCO Achieving 196.9dBc/Hz Peak FoM and 90-to-180kHz 1/f3 PN Corner Without Harmonic Tuning

H Guo, Y Chen, PI Mak… - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Since 2001 [1], LC VCOs have been demonstrating significant improvements of figureof-
merit (FoM) and 1/f 3 phase noise (PN) corner [2-5] by exploring common-mode (CM) …