A Low-Voltage 6-GHz-Band CMOS Monolithic LC-Tank VCO Using a Tuning-Range Switching Technique

Akihiro YAMAGISHI
Tsuneo TSUKAHARA
Mitsuru HARADA
Junichi KODATE

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences   Vol.E84-A    No.2    pp.559-562
Publication Date: 2001/02/01
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Print ISSN: 0916-8508
Type of Manuscript: Special Section LETTER (Special Section on Analog Circuit Techniques Supporting the System LSI Era)
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Keyword: 
voltage-controlled oscillator,  wireless,  CMOS,  SIMOX,  phase noise,  

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Summary: 
A low-voltage 6-GHz-band monolithic LC-tank VCO has been fabricated using 0.2-µm CMOS/SIMOX process technology. The VCO features a tuning-range switching technique to achieve a wide tuning range. The output frequency range is between 5.71 and 6.21 GHz owing to the tuning-range switch. With the tuning-range switch on or off, the phase noise is about -100 dBc/Hz at 1-MHz offset and about -120 dBc/Hz at 10-MHz offset frequency at the supply voltage of 2 V.