A low-phase-noise wide-tuning-range oscillator based on resonant mode switching

G Li, L Liu, Y Tang, E Afshari - IEEE Journal of Solid-State …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we will present a low-phase-noise wide-tuning-range oscillator suitable for
scaled CMOS processes. It switches between the two resonant modes of a high-order LC …

A 57.5–90.1-GHz magnetically tuned multimode CMOS VCO

J Yin, HC Luong - IEEE Journal of solid-state circuits, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a magnetically tuned (MT) multimode VCO featuring an ultrawide
frequency tuning range. A switched-triple-shielded transformer is proposed to change the …

On the phase noise performance of transformer-based CMOS differential-pair harmonic oscillators

A Mazzanti, A Bevilacqua - … on Circuits and Systems I: Regular …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The white noise to phase noise conversion of one-and two-port CMOS differential-pair
harmonic oscillators with transformer-based resonators is addressed in this paper. First, the …

An intuitive analysis of phase noise fundamental limits suitable for benchmarking LC oscillators

M Garampazzi, S Dal Toso, A Liscidini… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An intuitive yet sufficiently accurate formulation of the phase noise of various commonly
used oscillators, including most types of class-B (standard, AC-coupled and with tail filter) …

A tx vco for wcdma/edge in 90 nm rf cmos

P Andreani, K Kozmin, P Sandrup… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A VCO is implemented in an RF 90 nm CMOS process and covers the frequency range 2.55-
4.08 GHz. Drawing 19 mA from 1.2 V, the phase noise at 20 MHz frequency offset from a 3.7 …

Analysis and design of transformer-based dual-band VCO for software-defined radios

S Rong, HC Luong - … Transactions on Circuits and Systems I …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work presents complete analysis of both one-port and two-port dual-band oscillators
using transformer-based fourth-order LC tanks, from which critical parameters including …

A distributed dual-band LC oscillator based on mode switching

G Li, E Afshari - IEEE transactions on microwave theory and …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a distributed dual-band LC oscillator suitable for low-phase-noise
applications. It switches between the odd and even resonant modes of a fourth-order LC …

A 86 MHz–12 GHz digital-intensive PLL for software-defined radios, using a 6 fJ/step TDC in 40 nm digital CMOS

J Borremans, K Vengattaramane… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A 86 MHz-12 GHz digital-intensive reconfigurable PLL frequency synthesizer is presented
with 100 kHz to 2 MHz bandwidth. It leverages a 6 fJ/step 5.5 ps, 14b coarse-fine TDC and a …

21.6 A 2.4-to-5.3 GHz dual-core CMOS VCO with concentric 8-shaped coils

L Fanori, T Mattsson, P Andreani - 2014 IEEE International …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite recent attempts to relax the phase-noise demands on voltage-controlled oscillators
(VCOs) for cellular communications [1], mainstream radios require harmonic VCOs capable …

A -Band High-Efficiency VCO Using Current Reused Technique

YT Chang, HC Lu - IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we present a high-efficiency CMOS voltage control oscillator (VCO) at K-Band.
In order to achieve high efficiency, we adopt center-tapped transformer and current reused …