题目/Title:
Phase noise analysis in CMOS LC quadrature VCO
作者/Author:
Shuguang Han,Baoyong Chi,Zhihua Wang
期刊/Journal: Chinese Journal of Electronics
年份/Issue Date:2006.Apr.
卷(期)及页码/Volume(No.)&pages:Vol.15, No.2, pp. 209 - 212
摘要/Abstract:
Based on a physical understanding of phase noise mechanisms in CMOS LC Quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator (QVCO), a quantitative analysis of phase noise in QVCO is developed. The noise of the coupling transistor is identified, and the relationship between the phase noise and the ratio of the width of coupling transistor to the width of switching transistor is analyzed. The prediction of the phase noise is in good agreement with the measurement results at 2 1/ f region. As a demonstration, a QVCO is implemented in a 0.25-um CMOS process using on-chip spiral inductors. Measurement results show that the QVCO can be tuned between 1.77 and 2.415GHz, has a phase noise of –117.17dBc/Hz at 1-MHz frequency offset for a 2.267GHz carrier, and dissipates 7.5mW from the 2.5-V power supply.