2006
DOI: 10.1109/tmtt.2006.880646
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

A Wide Tuning-Range CMOS VCO With a Differential Tunable Active Inductor

Abstract: By utilizing a differential tunable active inductor for the LC-tank, a wide tuning-range CMOS voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) is presented. In the proposed circuit topology, the coarse frequency tuning is achieved by the tunable active inductor, while the fine tuning is controlled by the varactor. Using a 0.18-m CMOS process, a prototype VCO is implemented for demonstration. The fabricated circuit provides an output frequency from 500 MHz to 3.0 GHz, resulting in a tuning range of 143% at radio frequencies… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
2
1
1
1

Citation Types

0
60
0
1

Year Published

2008
2008
2024
2024

Publication Types

Select...
7
1

Relationship

0
8

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 140 publications
(61 citation statements)
references
References 15 publications
0
60
0
1
Order By: Relevance
“…6, the quality factor of the solenoid inductor is smaller than that of the spiral inductor. Also, it is smaller than that of the active inductor in [5]. Thus, the phase noise performance of this work is inferior to those of [5] and [6].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 81%
See 2 more Smart Citations
“…6, the quality factor of the solenoid inductor is smaller than that of the spiral inductor. Also, it is smaller than that of the active inductor in [5]. Thus, the phase noise performance of this work is inferior to those of [5] and [6].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 81%
“…Also, it is smaller than that of the active inductor in [5]. Thus, the phase noise performance of this work is inferior to those of [5] and [6]. According to our simulation, the phase noise of the DCO with the proposed solenoid inductor at the output frequency of 5 GHz is degraded by about 4 dB and 2 dB compared with those using the spiral inductor and active inductor, respectively.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 82%
See 1 more Smart Citation
“…Figure 12(a) shows the schematic of the active inductor. It is a differentially configured gyrator-C active inductor [9]. Figure 12(b) shows the schematic of the active inductor control bank.…”
Section: The Three-step Tdcmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Practically the tuning rang of VCO is low and these makes them unsuitable for wideband applications. By utilizing switched capacitors [1], [2] and switched inductors [3], [4], tuning rang of wide frequency can be obtained. The disadvantages are: enlarging the chip area and complexity of control mechanism.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%