TY - GEN
T1 - 5-GHz Band highly linear VCO IC with a novel resonant circuit
AU - Kurachi, Satoshi
AU - Yoshimasu, Toshihiko
AU - Itoh, Nobuyuki
AU - Yonemura, Koji
PY - 2007/8/2
Y1 - 2007/8/2
N2 - This paper presents a 0.35-μm SiGe BiCMOS VCO IC exhibiting a linear VCO gain (Kvco) for 5-GHz band application. To realize a linear Kvco, a novel resonant circuit is proposed. The measured Kvco changes from 224 MHz/V to 341 MHz/V The ratio of the maximum Kvco to the minimum one is 1.5 which is less than one-half of that of a conventional VCO. The VCO oscillation frequency range is from 5.45 GHz to 5.95 GHz, the tuning range is 8.8 %, and the dc current consumption is 3.4 mA at a supply voltage of 3.0 V. The measured phase noise is -116 dBc/Hz at IMHz offset, which is similar to the conventional VCO.
AB - This paper presents a 0.35-μm SiGe BiCMOS VCO IC exhibiting a linear VCO gain (Kvco) for 5-GHz band application. To realize a linear Kvco, a novel resonant circuit is proposed. The measured Kvco changes from 224 MHz/V to 341 MHz/V The ratio of the maximum Kvco to the minimum one is 1.5 which is less than one-half of that of a conventional VCO. The VCO oscillation frequency range is from 5.45 GHz to 5.95 GHz, the tuning range is 8.8 %, and the dc current consumption is 3.4 mA at a supply voltage of 3.0 V. The measured phase noise is -116 dBc/Hz at IMHz offset, which is similar to the conventional VCO.
KW - Kvco
KW - Linear VCO gain
KW - Resonant circuit
KW - Voltage-controlled oscillator
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U2 - 10.1109/SMIC.2007.322814
DO - 10.1109/SMIC.2007.322814
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34547379355
SN - 0780397649
SN - 9780780397644
T3 - 2007 Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, SiRF07
SP - 285
EP - 288
BT - 2007 Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, SiRF07
T2 - 2007 Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, SiRF07
Y2 - 10 January 2007 through 12 January 2007
ER -