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 …

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 …

A 1/f noise upconversion reduction technique for voltage-biased RF CMOS oscillators

M Shahmohammadi, M Babaie… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a method to reduce a flicker (1/f) noise upconversion in voltage-
biased RF oscillators. Excited by a harmonically rich tank current, a typical oscillation …

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 …

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 …

Analysis and design of a multi-core oscillator for ultra-low phase noise

SAR Ahmadi-Mehr, M Tohidian… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we exploit an idea of coupling multiple oscillators to reduce phase noise (PN)
to beyond the limit of what has been practically achievable so far in a bulk CMOS …

A 3.3-mW 25.2-to-29.4-GHz current-reuse VCO using a single-turn multi-tap inductor and differential-only switched-capacitor arrays with a 187.6-dBc/Hz FOM

Y Huang, Y Chen, H Guo, PI Mak… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A millimeter-wave current-reuse voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) features a single-turn
multi-tap inductor and two separate differential-only switched-capacitor arrays to improve the …

26.2 A 0.08 mm2 25.5-to-29.9 GHz Multi-Resonant-RLCM-Tank VCO Using a Single-Turn Multi-Tap Inductor and CM-Only Capacitors Achieving 191.6 dBc/Hz FoM …

H Guo, Y Chen, PI Mak… - 2019 IEEE International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
VCO designs have evolved from single-resonant LC-tank VCOs to the recent multiresonant
RLCM (Resistor-Inductor-Capacitor-Mutual-inductance) tank VCOs that allow reshaping of …

A fully integrated Bluetooth low-energy transmitter in 28 nm CMOS with 36% system efficiency at 3 dBm

M Babaie, FW Kuo, HNR Chen, LC Cho… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a new transmitter architecture for ultra-low power radios in which the most
energy-hungry RF circuits operate at a supply just above a threshold voltage of CMOS …

Low-phase-noise wideband mode-switching quad-core-coupled mm-wave VCO using a single-center-tapped switched inductor

Y Peng, J Yin, PI Mak, RP Martins - IEEE Journal of Solid-State …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a mode-switching quad-core-coupled millimeter-wave (mm-wave)
voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), using a single-center-tapped (SCT) switched inductor for …