A 5.12-12.95GHz Triple-Resonance Low Phase Noise CMOS VCO for Software-Defined Radio Applications Conference Paper

abstract

• This paper presents a wide-tuning range Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (VCO) for software-defined radio (SDR) applications using a resonator with three potential oscillation modes. The implemented prototype in 0.18m CMOS technology achieves a continuous tuning range of 86.7% from 5.12GHz to 12.95GHz while drawing 5 to 10mA current from 1-V supply. The measured phase noise at 1MHz offset from carrier frequencies of 5.9, 9.12 and 12.25GHz is -122.9, -117.1 and -110.5dBc/Hz, respectively. The VCO occupies a chip area of 0.33mm 2. 2013 IEEE.

name of conference

• 2013 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)

authors

• Entesari, Kamran

published proceedings

• 2013 IEEE RADIO FREQUENCY INTEGRATED CIRCUITS SYMPOSIUM (RFIC)

author list (cited authors)

• Bajestan, M. M., & Entesari, K.

citation count

• 7

complete list of authors

• Bajestan, M Moslehi||Entesari, K

publication date

• June 2013

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium  Journal

keywords

• Low Phase Noise
• Multi-band
• Software-defined Radio
• Voltage-controlled Oscillator
• Wide Tuning Range

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/rfic.2013.6569559

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781467360586

start page

• 195

end page

• 198

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1109%2Frfic.2013.6569559