TY - GEN
T1 - 15 GHz-band low phase-noise LC-VCO with second harmonic tunable filtering technique
AU - Liu, Qing
AU - Sun, Jiangtao
AU - Yoshimasu, Toshihiko
AU - Kurachi, Satoshi
AU - Itoh, Nobuyuki
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - In this paper, a novel technique is proposed to improve the phase-noise of an LC-VCO. The LC-VCO includes two series LC second harmonic filters which consist of a spiral inductor and two varactors. The resonant frequency of the series LC filter is tunable with the control voltage, and the resonator largely prevents the noise modulation in the LC-VCO, improving the phase-noise of the LC-VCO with wide frequency range. The LC-VCO is fabricated using 0.13 ?m CMOS technology, and fully evaluated on wafer. The measured phase-noise of - 112dBc/Hz at 1MHz offset from the 15 GHz carrier is obtained.
AB - In this paper, a novel technique is proposed to improve the phase-noise of an LC-VCO. The LC-VCO includes two series LC second harmonic filters which consist of a spiral inductor and two varactors. The resonant frequency of the series LC filter is tunable with the control voltage, and the resonator largely prevents the noise modulation in the LC-VCO, improving the phase-noise of the LC-VCO with wide frequency range. The LC-VCO is fabricated using 0.13 ?m CMOS technology, and fully evaluated on wafer. The measured phase-noise of - 112dBc/Hz at 1MHz offset from the 15 GHz carrier is obtained.
KW - Flick noise
KW - LC-VCO
KW - LC-tank
KW - Second harmonic tunable filter
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U2 - 10.1109/PIMRC.2009.5450190
DO - 10.1109/PIMRC.2009.5450190
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77952832426
SN - 9781424451234
T3 - IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC
SP - 1592
EP - 1595
BT - 2009 IEEE 20th Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Symposium, PIMRC 2009
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2009 IEEE 20th Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Symposium, PIMRC 2009
Y2 - 13 September 2009 through 16 September 2009
ER -