Analysis and implementation of an ultra-wide tuning range CMOS ring-VCO with inductor peaking
Analysis and implementation of an ultra-wide tuning range CMOS ring-VCO with inductor peaking
A novel ring voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) topology is proposed which uses monolithic inductors as a peaking load. Four design examples have been fabricated and tested to verify the proposed circuit structure. The highest measured oscillation frequency is 25.07 GHz, with a tuning range of more than four octaves, and the active area is 0.0085 mm². The design has the highest combined frequency and tuning range with the best figure of merit (~ 195) comparable to previously published work.
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Li, Ke
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Meng, Fanfan
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Thomson, David
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Wilson, Peter
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Reed, Graham
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Li, Ke
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Meng, Fanfan
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Thomson, David
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Wilson, Peter
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Reed, Graham
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Li, Ke, Meng, Fanfan, Thomson, David, Wilson, Peter and Reed, Graham
(2016)
Analysis and implementation of an ultra-wide tuning range CMOS ring-VCO with inductor peaking.
IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, .
(doi:10.1109/LMWC.2016.2629968).
Abstract
A novel ring voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) topology is proposed which uses monolithic inductors as a peaking load. Four design examples have been fabricated and tested to verify the proposed circuit structure. The highest measured oscillation frequency is 25.07 GHz, with a tuning range of more than four octaves, and the active area is 0.0085 mm². The design has the highest combined frequency and tuning range with the best figure of merit (~ 195) comparable to previously published work.
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Accepted/In Press date: 13 October 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 5 December 2016
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Local EPrints ID: 403706
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/403706
ISSN: 1531-1309
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