Proceedings of 2015 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Prague, July 6 - 9,Page(s)816-819
Abstract
This paper presents the design of a 30-GHz low phase noise LC-tank voltage
control oscillator (VCO) and a high speed frequency divided-by-two module in a 90-nm CMOS
technology. A single cross-coupled PMOS transistor pair with drain resistors is adopted to
suppress the flicker noise up-conversion. To improve the linearity, two sets of varators with
different DC biasing are implemented. The simulated tuning range of the VCO covers from 28.7
to 32.4 GHz in four tuning curves. The simulated output phase noise at offsets of 10 kHz, 100 kHz
and 1 MHz are −50, −78, and −104 dBc/Hz, respectively. The power consumption of the VCO
is 9 mW under a 1.2-V power supply. A current mode logic (CML) divided-by-two module is
designed to operate at 28 to 40 GHz. The divider core draws 3.3 mA from a 1.2-V supply.
Citation
Zhigong Wang,
Junliang Wang,
Yan Wen,
and
Jian Xu,
"A 30-GHz Low Phase Noise LC VCO and Frequency Divider in 90-nm CMOS Technology," Proceedings of 2015 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Prague, July 6 - 9,Page(s)816-819