A multiphase oscillator employing the phase-setting and oscillation-generation units was developed for modem communication systems. The phasesetting unit includes multiple cascading phase-shifting cells of which number determines phase differences of output signals. The oscillation-generation unit consists of multiple oscillators to trigger the phase-setting unit. The configuration of the phase setting and oscillation generation isolated in two units can make the proposed multiphase oscillator having good oscillation quality and high phase accuracy. In addition, a voltage-controlled ring oscillator capable of generating two oscillation signals with a phase difference of 180' is designed. It not only decreases the settling time of the multiphase oscillation system, but it also reduces the power dissipation due to its simplicity. By using the TSMC lP6M 0.18pm CMOS technology, the proposed multiphase voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) can yield oscillation signals ranging from 2.37GHz to 2.53GHz at a supply voltage of 1.8V. There are 8 oscillation signals with phase differences of 45", 90", 13S0, 180", 225", 270", 315O and 360". Power dissipation is around 4.21mW to 4.88mW. Therefore, the multiphase VCO proposed herein can be widely used in various integrated communication systems, providing multi-phase signals at a high-quality manner.