一种应用于高灵敏度GNSS接收机低相位噪声Q增强型可变电容的LC压控振荡器

本文提出了一种增强型品质因素(Q)可变电容的LC压控振荡器,用于高灵敏度GNSS接收机。提出的增强的累积型MOS(A-MOS)可变电容由两个A-MOS可变电容和两个直流偏置组成,具有改善Q值和线性化电容-电压曲线的优点。数字切换的可变电容阵列（DSVA）对所有的VCO子波段进行VCO增益补偿,基于A-MOS可变电容的特性,DSVA中的可变电容关断时,其作为高Q值的固定电容,而当可变电容接入时,其作为Q值适中的调谐电容,这样保证了整个LC谐振腔的Q值最大化。提出的电路已经在0.18 1P6M的CMOS工艺上制造。测量的相位噪声低于-122dBc/Hz当偏移频率为1MHz, 通过调节子波段和控制电压,测得的调节范围为58.2%,而VCO增益变化小于?21%。当采用1.8V电源电压时,提出的压控振荡器在整个工作范围内功耗小于5.4mW.     

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.     

一种集成新型相位切换预分频器和高品质因素压控振荡器5 GHz CMOS频率综合器

本文实现了一种集成新型相位切换预分频器和高品质因素压控振荡器的锁相环频率综合器。该频率综合器在考虑噪声性能的基础上进行系统参数设计。预分频器采用了一种不易受工艺偏差影响的相位切换方式。对压控振荡器的电感开关电容和压控电容的品质因素进行了优化。与其他文献相比,该频率综合器使用相近的功耗取得更好的噪声性能。本文提出的频率综合器采用SMIC0.13微米工艺流片,芯片面积为11502500 μm²。当锁定在5 GHz时,其功耗在1.2V电源电压供电时为15mA。此时,1MHz频偏处相位噪声为-122.45dBc/Hz。     

A low power current-reuse LC-VCO with an adaptive body-biasing technique

This work presents a low-power low-phase noise current-reuse LC voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) with an adaptive body-biasing technique that enhances the reliability of the proposed circuit under process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) variations. Furthermore, the supply voltage and power consumption of the proposed VCO are reduced by the start-up oscillation condition that is provided by the adaptive body-biased circuit. This property is in fact very interesting from the power management perspective. The proposed VCO works at carrier frequency of 1.8 GHz and draws the power of only 306 µW from a 0.9 V supply. It achieves phase noise of −123.36 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset and provides a figure-of-merit (FoM) of −193.61 dBc/Hz. The post-layout simulation results of designed VCO in 0.18 µm standard CMOS technology confirm the effectiveness of the proposed circuit.     

Design formula for band-switching capacitor array in wide tuning range low-phase-noise LC-VCO

A low phase noise with wide tuning range complementary LC cross-coupled voltage control oscillator (LC-VCO) using 0.18 μm CMOS technology is presented. This paper proposes a design formula for the choice of the value of varactor (ΔC_var) and band switch capacitor (C_s) for the binary-weighted band-switching LC tank which is convenient to determine the proper tuning constant for wideband, low-phase-noise operations. This general formula considers the ratio of frequency overlap (ov) and all the parasitic effects from band-switching capacitor array and transistors. The designed VCO using a 4-bit band-switching capacitor array demonstrates the operating frequencies from 4.166 to 5.537 GHz with an equivalent tuning bandwidth of 28.26%. The measured tuning range of all sub-bands is well agreed with that of the post-layout simulation results. The measured phase noise is −123.1 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset in the 5.2 GHz band. The calculated figure-of-merit (FoM) of this VCO was as high as −187 dB. When considering the tuning bandwidth the designed VCO obtains a FoM-bandwidth product of 52.83, which is much better than previously published works.     

A 5 GHz CMOS frequency synthesizer with novel phase-switching prescaler and high-Q LC-VCO

A phase-locked loop(PLL) frequency synthesizer with a novel phase-switching prescaler and a high-Q LC voltage controlled oscillator(VCO) is presented.The phase-switching prescaler with a novel modulus control mechanism is much more robust on process variations.The Q factor of the inductor,I-MOS capacitors and varactors in the VCO are optimized.The proposed frequency synthesizer was fabricated by SMIC 0.13μm 1P8M MMRF CMOS technology with a chip area of 1150×2500μm~2.When locking at 5 GHz,the current consumption is 15 mA from a supply voltage of 1.2 V and the measured phase noise at a 1 MHz offset is -122.45 dBc/Hz.     

一种低调谐增益变化、自适应功率控制的宽带电感电容压控振荡器

本文提出了一种电感电容宽带压控振荡器结构。为解决宽输出频率范围对振荡器调谐增益和起振条件的影响,设计了具有优化单位值的二进制开关可变电容阵列和二进制开关负阻抗阵列。该振荡器采用0.18um工艺制造,其输出频率范围约为1.9-3.1GHz。在1.8V电压下,消耗电流为14.2mA-4mA。测试结果表明,采用本文所提出调谐增益抑制技术,在整个频率调谐范围内调谐增益的变化为50-60MHz/V. 在3GHz频率处1MHz频偏下的相位噪声为-117dBc/Hz.     

GPS射频接收芯片中低功耗压控振荡器的设计

设计了一种应用于GPS射频接收芯片的低功耗环形压控振荡器.环路由5级差分结构的放大器构成.芯片采用TSMC 0.18 μm CMOS工艺,核心电路面积0.25 mm×0.05 mm.测试结果表明,采用1.75 V电源电压供电时,电路的功耗约为9.2 mW,振荡器中心工作频率为62 MHz,相位噪声为-89.39 dBc/Hz @ 1 MHz,该VCO可应用于锁相环和频率合成器中.     

一种适用于便携式多模式全球卫星导航系统接收机的低功耗宽带频率合成器设计

本文提出了一种适用于便携式多模式全球卫星导航系统（GNSS）接收机的低功耗宽带频率合成器,并分析了GNSS接收机频率合成器的设计要点。该频率合成器通过采用具有调谐曲线补偿功能的单一VCO实现了较宽的频率范围,同时具有较低的功耗和好的相位噪声性能。该频率合成器在CMOS 0.18um 1P6M工艺上流片验证成功。测试表明,带内相位噪声小于-95dBc@200KHz,频率调谐范围为1.47-1.83GHz,而整个电路面积仅为0.55mm2,整个频率合成器功耗小于11.2mw。     

A low power wide-band CMOS PLL frequency synthesizer for portable hybrid GNSS receiver

The design consideration and implementation of a CMOS frequency synthesizer for the portable hybrid global navigation satellite system are presented. The large tuning range is achieved by tuning curve compensation using an improved VCO resonant tank, which reduces the power consumption and obtains better phase noise performance.The circuit is validated by simulations and fabricated in a standard 0.18μm 1P6M CMOS process. Close-loop phase noise measured is lower than -95 dBc at 200 kHz offset while the measured tuning range is 21.5% from 1.47 to 1.83 GHz. The proposed synthesizer including source coupled logic prescaler consumes 6.2 mA current from 1.8 V supply.The whole silicon required is only 0.53 mm~2.     

一种高工作频率、低相位噪声的CMOS环形振荡器

采用全开关状态的延时单元和双延时路径两种电路技术设计了一种高工作频率、低相位噪声的环形振荡器。环路级数采用偶数级来获得两路相位相差90°的正交输出时钟,芯片采用台湾TSMC0.18μmCMOS工艺。测试结果表明,振荡器在5GHz的工作频率上,在偏离主频10MHz处相位噪声可达-89.3dB/Hz。采用1.8V电源电压时,电路的功耗为50mW,振荡器核芯面积为60μm×60μm。     

一种L、S波段微机械压控振荡器

报道了一种中心频率为2GHz的电感电容(LC)压控振荡器,其谐振回路由微机械可变电容和键合线电感构成。微机械可变电容采用与集成电路兼容的表面微机械工艺制造,在2GHz时其Q值约为32.6,当调节电压从0V增大到12V时,电容量变化范围为25%。通过键合技术将微机械可变电容与有源电路集成在一起,制备了MEMSVCO器件,测试结果表明,载波频率为2.004GHz时,VCO的单边带相位噪声为-103.5dBc/Hz@100kHz,输出功率为12.51dBm。调频范围约为4.8%。     

Design of a three-stage ring-type voltage-controlled oscillator with a wide tuning range by controlling the current level in an embedded delay cell

This paper presents a new design for a three-stage voltage-controlled differential ring oscillator embedded with a delay cell for a wide tuning range from 59 MHz to 2.96 GHz by adjusting the current level in the delay cell. The ring oscillator consists of a voltage-to-current converter, coder circuit, three-stage ring with delay cells, and current monitoring circuit to extend the tuning range of the proposed voltage-controlled oscillator. Each functional block has been designed for a minimum power consumption using the TSMC 0.18 μm CMOS technology. We simulate the performances of the proposed voltage-controlled oscillator in terms of phase noise, power consumption, tuning range, and gain. Our simulation results show that the proposed oscillator has the linear frequency–voltage characteristics over a wide tuning range. At each tuning range (mode), the calculated phase noise of the proposed ring oscillator at each tuning range (mode) was −87, −85, −81, and −79 dBc/Hz at a 1 MHz offset from the center frequency. The DC power of the proposed voltage-controlled oscillator consumed 0.86–3 mW under a 1.8 V supply voltage.     

宽带LC压控振荡器的相位噪声优化设计

采用0.35 μm BiCMOS工艺,设计了一款基于开关电容阵列结构的宽带LC压控振荡器.同时分析了电路中关键参数对相位噪声的影响.基于对VCO中LC谐振回路品质因数的分析,优化了谐振回路,提高了谐振回路的品质因数以降低VCO的相位噪声.采用噪声滤波技术,减小了电流源晶体管噪声对压控振荡器相位噪声的影响.测试结果表明,优化后的压控振荡器能够覆盖1.96～2.70 GHz的带宽,频偏为100 kHz和1 MHz的相位噪声分别为-105和-128 dBc/Hz,满足了集成锁相环对压控振荡器的指标要求.     

粗调和细调相结合的标准CMOS低噪声环形压控振荡器

本文提出了一种基于65nm CMOS标准工艺、采用粗调和细调相结合的低噪声环形压控振荡器。论文分析了环形振荡器中的直接频率调制机理,并采用开关电容阵列来减小环形压控振荡器的增益从而抑制直接频率调制效应。开关电容采用电容密度较高的二维叠层MOM电容使该压控振荡器与标准的CMOS工艺兼容。所设计压控振荡器的频率范围为480MHz～1100MHz,调谐范围为78%,测试得到输出频率为495MHz时的相位噪声为-120dBc/Hz@1MHz。该压控振荡器在1.2V的偏压下的功耗为3.84mW,相应的优值(FOM)为-169dBc/Hz。     

一种采用新的相频检测技术的CMOS数字锁相环

提出了一种新型的数字锁相环 (DPLL) ,它的相频检测器采用全新的设计方法 ,与传统电荷泵锁相环相比 ,具有快速锁定、低抖动、低功耗、频率范围宽、且能消除相位“死区”的优点。锁相环在 1.8V外加电源电压时 ,工作在 6 0～ 6 0 0MHz宽的频率范围内 ,最大功耗为 3.5mW。采用分数分频技术 ,具有较小的输出频率间隔 ,并利用Σ Δ调制改善相位噪声性能。设计采用 0 .18μm ,5层金属布线工艺。峰 峰相位抖动小于输出信号周期(Tout)的 0 .5 % ,锁相环的锁定时间小于参考频率预分频后信号周期 (Tpre)的 15 0倍。     

A Distributed Capacitance Analysis of Co-Planar Inductors for a CMOS QVCO with Varactor Tuned Buffer Stage

A quadrature voltage controlled oscillator (QVCO) topology exhibiting low power consumption and high phase noise performance at low supply voltages is presented. The QVCO buffer includes varactors to maximize the output voltage and minimize the current consumption. Microstrip theory and the principle of conservation of energy have been used to evaluate the distributed capacitances of symmetrical inductors to better predict the resonance frequency. The QVCO is implemented in a 0.25 m CMOS process from Agere Systems. The total current consumption including the buffer is 5.4 mA at 1.3 V supply, where of the QVCO uses 2.0 mA. The phase noise measures below –138 dBc/Hz at 3 MHz offset frequency over the 8.9% tuning range 1.715 GHz– 1.875 GHz.Niklas Troedsson (SM98) received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering in 2001, and the licentiate degree in circuit design in 2003, both from Lund University, Lund, Sweden. He is currently working towards the Ph.D. degree within the Department of Electroscience, Lund University, Sweden. His research interests include low voltage RF CMOS, integrated quadrature oscillators, and monolithic inductors.Henrik Sjöland (M98) received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering in 1994, and the Ph.D. degree in applied electronics in 1997, both from Lund University, Lund, Sweden. In 1999, he spent one year visiting the Abidi group at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, as a Fulbright postdoctoral scholar. He is currently an associate professor at Lund University, Lund, Sweden. His research interests include the design and analysis of analog integrated circuits, feedback amplifiers, and RF CMOS. Dr. Sjöland is the author of Highly Linear Integrated Wideband Amplifiers (Kluwer, Boston, MA: 1999).     

一种钽酸锂压控振荡器的设计与实现

该文使用具有低电容比、宽调谐范围的钽酸锂晶体设计了一巴特勒共基低相位噪声压控振荡器,此设计在寻求高有载品质因数QL的同时保持了振荡器的输出功率。使用的钽酸锂晶体的无载品质因数Q0约为1.24×103,其频率为10.727MHz。设计出的巴特勒振荡器QL≈33%Q0,输出功率约为11dBm。不加压控的情况下,实际测得该振荡器的相位噪声结果为-85dBc/Hz@10 Hz和-145dBc/Hz@1kHz。在此基础上,增加一变容二极管作为压控元件设计了钽酸锂压控振荡器,在2~10 V范围内,测得控制电压压控斜率约为86.6×10-6/V,相位噪声测试结果优于-82dBc/Hz@10Hz和-142dBc/Hz@1kHz,实现了具有宽调谐范围的低相位噪声钽酸锂振荡器的设计。     

A Low‐Spur CMOS PLL Using Differential Compensation Scheme

This paper proposes LC voltage‐controlled oscillator (VCO) phase‐locked loop (PLL) and ring‐VCO PLL topologies with low‐phase noise. Differential control loops are used for the PLL locking through a symmetrical transformer‐resonator or bilaterally controlled varactor pair. A differential compensation mechanism suppresses out‐band spurious tones. The prototypes of the proposed PLL are implemented in a CMOS 65‐nm or 45‐nm process. The measured results of the LC‐VCO PLL show operation frequencies of 3.5 GHz to 5.6 GHz, a phase noise of –118 dBc/Hz at a 1 MHz offset, and a spur rejection of 66 dBc, while dissipating 3.2 mA at a 1 V supply. The ring‐VCO PLL shows a phase noise of –95 dBc/Hz at a 1 MHz offset, operation frequencies of 1.2 GHz to 2.04 GHz, and a spur rejection of 59 dBc, while dissipating 5.4 mA at a 1.1 V supply.     

A phase-noise reduction technique for RF CMOS voltage-controlled oscillator with a series LC resonator

This paper proposes a novel phase-noise reduction technique for high performance voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) using a cross-coupled series LC resonator, rather than parallel LC resonator. The proposed technique makes a time difference between the zero crossing point of the drain node voltages and that of the gate node voltages of the switching pair. By adding cross coupled PMOS loading, the drain voltages are made close to a rectangular shape, which makes an ideal on–off switching of the VCO. Since the current source contributes large portion of noise to the output, it is removed in the proposed VCO to further improve the noise performance. While the series connected inductor and capacitor enhances the fundamental frequency swing at the LC connection node, it gives a cleaner spectral purity output and suppresses the overall noise at the drain node of the cross-coupled switching cell.