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 …

Performance and trends in millimetre‐wave CMOS oscillators for emerging wireless applications

M Voicu, D Pepe, D Zito - International Journal of Microwave …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reports the latest advances on millimeter‐wave CMOS voltage‐controlled
oscillators (VCOs). Current state‐of‐the‐art implementations are reviewed, and their …

Analysis and design of an E-band transformer-coupled low-noise quadrature VCO in 28-nm CMOS

M Vigilante, P Reynaert - IEEE Transactions on Microwave …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an E-band quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator implemented in 28-
nm CMOS. Two fundamental oscillators are coupled by means of gate-to-drain transformers …

Analysis and review of main characteristics of Colpitts oscillators

MJ Hemmati, R Dehghani - International Journal of Circuit …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this review, different topologies of CMOS Colpitts oscillators including single‐ended and
differential configurations are studied, and the main specifications of them are presented …

Cryogenic single-chip electron spin resonance detector

G Gualco, J Anders, A Sienkiewicz, S Alberti… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2014 - Elsevier
We report on the design and characterization of a single-chip electron spin resonance
detector, operating at a frequency of about 20 GHz and in a temperature range extending at …

A Current-Switching and -Enhanced Colpitts Quadrature VCO

KW Cheng, M Je - IEEE microwave and wireless components …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents the design and analysis for a low-phase-noise and low-power Colpitts
quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator (QVCO). The Colpitts QVCO employs current …

An E-band low-noise transformer-coupled quadrature VCO in 40 nm CMOS

M Vigilante, P Reynaert - ESSCIRC 2014-40th European Solid …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a Transformer-Coupled Quadrature VCO (TC-QVCO) designed to
achieve low-noise performance at millimeter-wave. The VCO core is implemented …

A 93.9–102.5 GHz Colpitts VCO utilizing magnetic coupling band switching in 65nm CMOS

S Jameson, E Socher - 2015 IEEE International Conference on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a modified differential Colpitts CMOS VCO for mm-wave applications
requiring wide tuning range, mW output power levels and low DC power consumption. This …

67 GHz three‐spiral transformer CMOS oscillator

D Pepe, I Chlis, D Zito - International Journal of Circuit Theory …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a 67GHz LC oscillator exploiting a three‐spiral transformer and
implemented in 65nm bulk complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor technology by …

Design of a new low-phase-noise millimetre-wave quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator

Z Kashani, A Nabavi - International Journal of Electronics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents a new circuit topology of millimetre-wave quadrature voltage-controlled
oscillator (QVCO) using an improved Colpitts oscillator without tail bias. By employing an …