Design of low-phase-noise CMOS transformer-based gate-coupled quadrature VCO

Yi Shen, K. F. Tsang, Wah Ching Lee, Faan Hei Hung, Iasonas F. Triantis, Kai Xuan

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Abstract

A low-phase-noise transformer-based gate-coupled quadrature voltagecontrolled oscillator (TGC-QVCO) using 0.13 μm CMOS technology is presented. The TGC-QVCO consumes 7 mW at 1 V power supply with 18% frequency tuning. The measured phase noise at 1 MHz offset varies from about -122 to -119 dBc/Hz for frequency tuning from 1.34 to 1.6 GHz. The achieved figure of merit (FoM) is 179 dB and the chip area is 800 × 900 μm2.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)434-436
Number of pages3
JournalElectronics Letters
Volume50
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Mar 2014

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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