一种采用开关阶跃电容的压控振荡器(下): 电路设计和实现

为了验证阶跃可变电容压控振荡器调谐特性理论分析的正确性,提出了一种采用开关阶跃电容的新型压控振荡器电路,该压控振荡器电路采用0.25μm 1P5M CMOS工艺实现.一种新型开关阶跃电容实现了频率调谐功能,该电容的调谐电容是传统反型MOS管可变电容的146%.在1/f3区域,差分调谐振荡器的相位噪声比单端调谐振荡器低7dB.在载波频率偏差10kHz,100kHz和1MHz处测得差分调谐时的相位噪声分别是-83,-107和-130dBc/Hz,功耗为8.6mW.     

一种采用开关阶跃电容的压控振荡器(下): 电路设计和实现

为了验证阶跃可变电容压控振荡器调谐特性理论分析的正确性,提出了一种采用开关阶跃电容的新型压控振荡器电路,该压控振荡器电路采用0.25μm 1P5M CMOS工艺实现.一种新型开关阶跃电容实现了频率调谐功能,该电容的调谐电容是传统反型MOS管可变电容的146%.在1/f3区域,差分调谐振荡器的相位噪声比单端调谐振荡器低7dB.在载波频率偏差10kHz,100kHz和1MHz处测得差分调谐时的相位噪声分别是-83,-107和-130dBc/Hz,功耗为8.6mW.     

超低相位噪声LC压控振荡器的设计

研制出了超低相位噪声压控振荡器,在保证调谐范围的前提下,采取各种措施有效降低了压控振荡器的相位噪声.设计的压控振荡器采用普通环氧板材,表面贴装工艺,国际标准封装,成本低、人工调试量小,适合规模生产.结果表明该产品的频率为796～857 MHz,调谐带宽61 MHz,调谐电压1.8～4.5 V,调谐灵敏度22.5 MHz/V,相位噪声达到-115 dBc/Hz@10 kHz,产品已达到国际各大同类产品的水平.     

一种应用于低噪声PLL的RF-VCO设计

在PLL电路设计中,压控振荡器设计是电路的关键模块,按类型又主要分为LC震荡器和环形振荡器两种,其性能直接决定了相位噪声、频率稳定度及覆盖范围。文章介绍了一款1.8 GHz的基于交叉耦合对LC结构的低噪声CMOS压控振荡器的设计,并对调谐范围、相位噪声以及电路起振条件等做了分析讨论。该设计采用0.18μm 6层金属CMOS工艺制造,模块面积为0.3 mm2,电路经过Cadence SpectreRF仿真,VCO的输出范围为1 594~2 023 MHz,中心频率1.8 GHz输出时相位噪声为-118 dBc/Hz@600 kHz,1.9 GHz输出时相位噪声为-121 dBc/Hz@600 kHz。结果表明该VCO设计达到了较宽的频率覆盖范围和较低的相位噪声,可以满足低噪声PLL的设计要求。     

基于电容补偿的高线性低噪声2.4GHz CMOS LC 压控振荡器

实现了一个基于标准0.18µm CMOS工艺的2.4GHz高线性低噪声交叉耦合LC压控振荡器。基于三段分布式偏置的开关容抗管电路和差分开关电容电路,提出了一种调谐灵敏度补偿结构,减小了压控振荡器的增益变化,获得了高线性度和良好的相位噪声性能。与传统结构的压控振荡器相比,本文提出的压控振荡器在整个频率调谐范围内具有更加恒定的增益。当载波频率为2.42GHz 时,在100kHz和1MHz的频偏处相位噪声分别为-100.96dBc/Hz和-122.63dBc/Hz。工作电压为1.8V时,电路功耗为2.5mW。该压控振荡器面积为500×810 µm2。     

基于CMOS工艺的低相位噪声LC压控振荡器

介绍了一种用于锁相环型频率合成器的单片集成LC压控振荡器。该压控振荡器在传统的电路结构基础上进行了改进,在保证调谐范围的前提下,有效地降低了相位噪声。压控振荡器使用了片上集成螺旋电感,采用中芯国际(SMIC)0.35μm 1P6M混合信号CMOS工艺。测试结果表明,该压控振荡器的可调频率为3~3.55 GHz,在3.55 GHz中心频率附近的相位噪声达到-128 dBc/Hz(600 kHz),整个压控振荡器的工作电压为3.3 V,工作电流为13 mA。     

一种新型MOS变容管在射频压控振荡器中的应用

基于0.5μm工艺，设计了一个工作频率在1.8GHz，相位噪声在偏移量为500kHz时小于-100dBc/Hz的压控振荡器（VCO）。并将一个普通的压控MOS变容管改进为只工作在反型区的压控MOS变容管。将这两种MOS电容分别应用到该VCO电路中。结果表明，采用反型模式压控MOS变容管的VCO电路具有更大的调谐范围，调谐曲线由之前的反复变化变为单调变化，并且对电路的相位噪声也起到了抑制作用。     

900 MHz压控振荡器设计

采用集总元件变容二极管和超高频三极管设计900 MHz压控振荡器,根据ADS2006A软件仿真确定了压控振荡器的电路参数,并对相关指标如相位噪声、调谐带宽、稳定系数、输出功率和谐波电平等进行了仿真,通过调整电路参数,优化电路结构,实现了工作频率为1 GHz、调谐带宽为90 MHz的压控振荡器,其相位噪声在偏移中心频率10 kHz处为-105 dBc/Hz,在100 kHz处为-120 dBc/Hz,该设计大大降低了系统成本.     

一种低相位噪声的毫米波压控振荡器

基于推推振荡器结构设计了一种低相位噪声的毫米波压控振荡器,相比传统采用直接振荡和倍频实现的振荡器,该振荡器具有体积小、相位噪声低及电路简单等优点.振荡器中的谐振电路采用多级串联谐振,电感采用微带线的形式,提高了谐振器的品质因数,进而降低了振荡器的相位噪声,且在谐振电路通过微带耦合方式实现了基频输出.基于GaAs异质结双极晶体管(HBT)工艺对振荡器进行了设计和流片,芯片尺寸为1.8 mm×1.4 mm.在5V工作电压和0～13 V调谐电压条件下,振荡器的输出频率为42.1～46.2 GHz,电流为120 mA,输出功率为1 dBm,1/2次谐波抑制大于15 dB,相位噪声为-60 dBc/Hz@10 kHz、-85 dBc/Hz@100 kHz和-105 dBc/Hz@1 MHz.     

一种低噪声C类LC压控振荡器的设计

为了改善压控振荡器相位噪声,基于40 nm CMOS工艺,设计一种低噪声C类LC压控振荡器。交叉耦合NMOS对管通过电流镜偏置作为电路的电流源,并采用共模反馈偏置电路使交叉耦合PMOS对管工作在饱和区,保证LC压控振荡器实现C类振荡。通过差分可变电容的设计,压控振荡器的增益减小,压控振荡器的相位噪声得到改善。设计了4组开关电容进行调节,增大压控振荡器的调谐范围。仿真结果表明,处于1.2 V的电压下,压控振荡器振荡频率范围在4.14～5.7 GHz,频率调谐范围变化率达到31.2%,相位噪声为-112.8 dBc/Hz。     

A novel 2.95-3.65 GHz CMOS LC-VCO using tuning curve compensation

This paper presents a new CMOS LC-VCO with a 2.95-3.65 GHz tuning range. The large tuning range is achieved by tuning curve compensation using a novel varactor configuration, which is mainly composed of four accumulation-mode MOS varactors (A-MOS) and two bias voltages. The proposed varactor has the advantages of optimizing quality factor and tuning range simultaneously, linearizing the effective capacitance and thus greatly reducing the amplitude-to-phase modulation (AM-PM) conversion. The circuit is validated by simulations and fab-ricated in a standard 0.18 μm 1P6M CMOS process. Measured phase noise is lower than -91 dBc at 100 kHz offset from a 3.15 GHz carrier while measured tuning range is 21.5% as the control voltage varies from 0 to 1.8 V. The VCO including buffers consumes 2.8 mA current from a 1.8 V supply.     

一种2.2～5.5G宽带低相位噪声LC VCO设计

论文基于BiCMOS工艺,采用了8个LC VCO并列的工作模式实现了2.2～5.5 GHz的带宽范围的LC VCO,每个LC VCO可以进行单独的调节.在LC VOC的核心电路中采用电阻代替电流镜方式以及在输出处增加了两个三极管限幅,以得到较低的相位噪声.在各个LC VCO的中心频率处其相位噪声优于-96 dBc@100 kHz.当电源电压为5 V时,各个LC VCO的工作电流为3.2 mA～4.2 mA.     

A 12-GHz Fully Integrated Cascode CMOS LC VCO With Q-Enhancement Circuit

A fully integrated complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) cascode LC voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) with Q-enhancement technique has been designed for high frequency and low phase noise. The symmetrical cascode architecture is implemented with negative conductance circuit for improving phase noise performance in 0.18 mum CMOS technology. The measured phase noise is -110.8 dBc/Hz at the offset frequency of 1 MHz. The tuning range of 630 MHz is achieved with the control voltage from 0.6 to 1.4 V. The VCO draws 4.5 mA in a differential core circuit from 1.8 V supply.     

射频卫星电视天线电路中LC压控振荡器设计

本文设计了一款应用于卫星电视天线电路中低功耗、低相噪的宽带单片集成压控振荡器。该振荡器利用PMOS尾电流源和MIM电容阵列结构。在保证调谐范围的前提下,有效的降低了相位噪声。使得该压控振荡器实现了3.384GHz~4.022GHz频段的覆盖,在中心频率为3.7GHz时,100Hz和1MHz频偏处的相位噪声分别为-90.4dBc/Hz和-119.1dBc/Hz,工作电压下为1.8V,功耗仅为2.5mW。     

低功耗宽带CMOS LC-VCO设计

基于电容调谐无尾电流源互补-Gm VCO,提出了一种新的宽带VCO功耗优化的方法。通过改变四个累积型可变电容(AMOS)的偏置电压实现对电容调谐曲线补偿,使频率调谐曲线在整个控制电压范围内接近线性化,从而实现宽的频率调谐范围。采用标准0.18μm1P6M RFCMOS工艺设计了一款3~3.6GHz频率范围LC-VCO。测试结果表明,整个VCO包含输出缓冲在内,面积为0.45mm2,工作在1.5V电源下,电流为1.8mA,输出相位噪声在200kHz偏移处为-93dBc/Hz。     

A Millimeter-Wave CMOS LC-Tank VCO With an Admittance-Transforming Technique

A novel circuit topology suitable for millimeter-wave voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) is presented. With the admittance-transforming technique, the proposed VCO can operate at a frequency close to the f_max of the transistors while maintaining remarkable circuit performance in terms of phase noise, tuning range, and output power. Using a standard micrometer CMOS process, a U-band VCO is implemented for demonstration. The fabricated circuit exhibits a frequency tuning range of 1.1 GHz in the vicinity of 50 GHz. The measured output power and phase noise at 1-MHz offset are -11 dBm and -101 dBc/Hz, respectively. Operated at a supply voltage of 1.8 V, the VCO core consumes a DC power of 45 mW.     

5-GHz Low Phase-Noise CMOS VCO Integrated With a Micromachined Switchable Differential Inductor

A 5-GHz CMOS voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) integrated with a micromachined switchable differential inductor is reported in a 0.18 mum radio frequency-CMOS-based microelectromechanical system technology. The power consumption of the core is about 8 mW at the supply voltage of 1.8 V. A total tuning range of 470 MHz (from 5.13 GHz to 5.60 GHz) is achieved as the tuning voltage ranging from 0 V to 1.8 V. In the practical tuning range, the measured phase noise performances at 1 MHz offset are less than -125 dBc/Hz and -126 dBc/Hz when the inductor switch is turned on and off, respectively. The figure-of-merit is better than -190 dB. When compared with a contrast VCO circuit that utilizes a standard switchable differential inductor, this oscillator reaches a phase noise improvement of around 3 dB as the switch is turned on. Around 1-dB on-off phase noise difference can be achievable.     

基于开关电容阵列的5.8GHz全集成LC压控振荡器设计

采用TSMC 0.18μm 1P6M RF CMOS工艺,完成了一种基于开关电容阵列的全集成LC压控振荡器的设计.版图后仿真结果表明,在1.8V电源电压下,电路核心功耗约为7.2mW,中心振荡频率为5.8GHz,在偏离中心频率1MHz处,该VCO的相位噪声为-121.8dBc/Hz,调谐范围为10.2%,满足交通专用短程通信系统的频段要求.     

A 2 V 1.8 GHz fully integrated CMOS dual-loop frequency synthesizer

A 2 V 1.8 GHz fully integrated CMOS dual-loop frequency synthesizer is designed in a standard 0.5 /spl mu/m digital CMOS process for wireless communication. The voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) required for the low-frequency loop is designed using a ring-type VCO and achieves a tuning range of 89% from 356 to 931 MHz and a phase noise of -109.2 dBc/Hz at 600 kHz offset from 856 MHz. With an active chip area of 2000/spl times/1000 /spl mu/m/sup 2/ and at a 2 V supply voltage, the whole synthesizer achieves a tuning range from 1.8492 to 1.8698 GHz in 200 kHz steps with a measured phase noise of -112 dBc/Hz at 600 kHz offset from 1.86 GHz. The measured settling time is 128 /spl mu/s and the total power consumption is 95 mW.     

A High-Performance CMOS Voltage-Controlled Oscillator for Ultra-Low-Voltage Operations

In this paper, a novel circuit topology of voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) suitable for ultra-low-voltage operations is presented. By utilizing the capacitive feedback and the forward-body-bias (FBB) technique, the proposed VCO can operate at reduced supply voltage and power consumption while maintaining remarkable circuit performance in terms of phase noise, tuning range, and output swing. Using a standard 0.18-mum CMOS process, a 5.6-GHz VCO is designed and fabricated for demonstration. Consuming a dc power of 3 mW from a 0.6-V supply voltage, the VCO exhibits a frequency tuning range of 8.1% and a phase noise of -118 dBc/Hz at 1-MHz offset frequency. With an FBB for the cross-coupled transistors, the fabricated circuit can operate at a supply voltage as low as 0.4 V. The measured tuning range and phase noise are 6.4% and -114 dBc/Hz, respectively