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Wideband 0.18µm CMOS VCO Using Active Inductor with Negative Resistance

Szczepkowski, Grzegorz and Baldwin, Gerard and Farrell, Ronan (2007) Wideband 0.18µm CMOS VCO Using Active Inductor with Negative Resistance. In: Proceedings of 2007 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, 26th - 30th August 2007, Sevilla, Spain.

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Abstract

This paper presents a wideband voltage controlled oscillator topology based on an active inductor generating negative resistance. The proposed architecture covers a frequency band between 1.325 GHz - 2.15 GHz with average in-band phase noise of -86 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset from the carrier frequency. Power consumption of the oscillator core is 28 mW from a 1.8 V supply. The circuit has been simulated in Eldo RF (Design Architect IC, Mentor Graphics) using UMC 0.18 µm 1P6M Salicide RF CMOS model libraries.

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Keywords:CMOS integrated circuits; Circuit simulation; Inductors; Voltage-controlled oscillators; CMOS VCO; Eldo RF; UMC 1P6M Salicide RF CMOS model libraries; Active inductor; Frequency 1.325 GHz to 2.15 GHz; In-band phase noise; Negative resistance; Size 0.18 mum; Wideband voltage controlled oscillator topology.
Subjects:Science & Engineering > Electronic Engineering
ID Code:1341
Deposited By:Dr. Ronan Farrell
Deposited On:25 May 2009 16:16
Refereed:Yes
URL:http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=4529518&isYear=2007

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