Analysis and design of an optimally coupled 5-GHz quadrature LC oscillator

Johan Van Der Tang, Pepijn Van De Ven, Dieter Kasperkovitz, Arthur Van Roermund

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Abstract

A S-GHzquadrature LC oscillator has been realized, in which the two LC stages are coupled with phase shifters. Analysis on the behavioral level shows that an N -stage LC oscillator is optimally coupled when each stage is connected with phase shifters providing ±180°/N phase shift. Simulation of the S-GHz two-stage quadrature LC oscillator reveals a 4.3-dB reduction in phase noise compared to a quadrature LC oscillator without phase shifters. Measurements of the S-GHz quadrature LC oscillator, made in a 30-GHz fT process, show a phase noise lower than -113 dBc/Hz, with a resonator quality factor of only 4 and an oscillator core power dissipation of 21.2mW.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPhase-Locking in High-Performance Systems
Subtitle of host publicationFrom Devices to Architectures
PublisherWiley-IEEE Press
Pages301-305
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9780470545492
ISBN (Print)0471447277, 9780471447276
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2003
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Couplings
  • Frequency modulation
  • Optical character recognition software
  • Phase noise
  • Phase shifters
  • Q factor

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