Analysis and Design of Multistage Low-Phase-Noise CMOS LC-Ring Oscillators

Jaesang LIM  Jaejoon KIM  Beomsup KIM  

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences   Vol.E88-A   No.4   pp.1084-1089
Publication Date: 2005/04/01
Online ISSN: 
DOI: 10.1093/ietfec/e88-a.4.1084
Print ISSN: 0916-8508
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: General Fundamentals and Boundaries
Keyword: 
CMOS RF integrated circuits,  LC oscillator,  phase noise,  ring oscillator,  noise analysis,  

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Summary: 
A novel CMOS LC oscillator architecture combining an LC tuned oscillator and a ring structure is presented as a new design topology to deliver improved phase noise for multiphase applications. The relative enhancement in the phase noise is estimated using a linear noise modeling approach. A three-stage LC-ring oscillator fabricated in a 0.6 mm CMOS technology achieves measured phase noise of -132 dBc/Hz at 600 kHz offset from a 900 MHz carrier and dissipates 20 mW with a 2.5 V power supply.