宽带低相位噪声CMOS环型压控振荡器的设计与研究

采用一种环型电路结构,设计了一个1.3GHz宽带线性压控振荡器.采用 TSMC 0.18μm RF CMOS 工艺,利用 CadenceSpectreRF 完成对电路的仿真.结果显示,在电源电压Vdd =1.8 V 时,控制电压范围为 1.0～1.18 V,频率的变化范围为800 MHz～2.1GHz,相位噪声为-105 dBc/Hz@1 MHz.很好地解决了相位噪声与调谐范围之间的矛盾.     

低相位噪声压控振荡器的设计及仿真

随着通信技术对射频收发机性能要求的提高,高性能压控振荡器已成为模拟集成电路设计、生产和实现的关键环节.针对压控振荡器设计过程中存在相位噪声这一核心问题,采用STMC 0.18μm CMOS工艺,提出了一种1.115GHz的电感电容压控振荡器电路,利用Cadence中的SpectreRF对电路进行仿真.仿真结果表明:在4~6V的电压调节范围内,压控振荡器的输出频率范围为1.114 69~1.115 38GHz,振荡频率为1.115GHz时,在偏离中心频率10kHz处、100kHz处以及1MHz处的相位噪声分别为-90.9dBc/Hz,-118.6dBc/Hz,-141.3dBc/Hz,以较窄的频率调节范围换取较好的相位噪声抑制,从而提高了压控振荡器的噪声性能.     

一种基于BiCMOS工艺的差分压控振荡器

设计了一种Colpitts型LC振荡器。该电路采用差分结构，具有集成度高，噪声性能良好的优点。该设计基于0．8μm BiCMOS工艺，实现了中心频率为433MHz的Colpitts型差分压控振荡器（VCO）。电路采用3V电压供电，频率范围399．8～465．1MHz，偏离中心频率1MHz处的相位噪声是-137dBc／Hz。     

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。     

一种带有升压电路的0.5V 3GHz低功耗LC VCO设计

采用标准的0.13μm CMOS工艺实现了0.5V电源电压,3GHz LC压控振荡器。为了适应低电压工作,并实现低相位噪声,该压控振荡器采用了NMOS差分对的电压偏置振荡器结构,去除尾电流,以尾电感代替,采用感性压控端,增加升压电路结构使变容管的一端升压,这样控制电压变化范围得到扩展。测试结果显示,当电源电压为0.5V,振荡频率为3.126GHz时,在相位噪声为-113.83dBc/Hz@1MHz,调谐范围为12%,核心电路功耗仅1.765mW,该振荡器的归一化品质因数可达-186.2dB,芯片面积为0.96mm×0.9mm。     

一种1GHz多频带压控振荡器的设计

基于3.3V 0.35μm TSMC 2P4M CMOS体硅工艺,设计了一款1GHz多频带数模混合压控振荡器.采用环形振荡器加上数模转换器结构,控制流入压控振荡器的电流来调节压控振荡器的频率而实现频带切换.仿真结果表明,在1V～2V的电压调节范围内,压控振荡器输出频率范围为823.3MHz～1.061GHz,且压控振荡器的增益仅有36.6MHz/V,振荡频率为1.0612GHz时,频率偏差1MHz处的相位噪声为-96.35dBc/Hz,在获得较大频率调节范围的同时也能保持很低的增益,从而提高了压控振荡器的噪声性能.     

低功耗CMOS差分环形压控振荡器设计

提出了一个基于0.18μm标准CMOS工艺实现的四级差分环形压控振荡器.全差分环形压控振荡器采用带对称负载的差分延时单元.仿真结果表明,压控振荡器的频率范围在最坏情况为0.21～1.18GHz;偏离中心频率10MHz情况下,压控振荡器的相位噪声为-118.13dBc/Hz; 1.8V电源电压下,中心频率为600MHz时,压控振荡器的功耗仅有4.16mW;版图面积约为0.006mm2.可应用于锁相环和频率综合器设计中.     

低相位噪声CMOS环形压控振荡器的研究与设计

针对个人电脑和通讯系统对频率合成器中振荡器的低相位噪声的要求,对基本的环形振荡器结构进行改进,设计了两种宽带低相位噪声CMOS环形压控振荡器(VCO),在800 MHz振荡频率、1 MHz频偏下,测试的相位噪声分别为-123 dBc/Hz和-110 dBc/Hz.两个VCO的调谐范围分别为450～1 017 MHz和559～935 MHz.     

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.     

一种高性能全差分双环路VCO的设计

设计了一种基于SMIC 0.18μm RF 1P6MCMOS工艺的高性能全差分环形压控振荡器(ring-VCO),采用双环连接方式,并运用交叉耦合正反馈来提高性能。在1.8V电源电压下对电路进行仿真,结果表明:1)中心频率为500MHz的环形VCO频率调谐范围为341～658MHz,增益最大值Kvco为-278.8MHz/V,谐振在500MHz下VCO的相位噪声为-104dBc/Hz@1MHz,功耗为22mW;2)中心频率为2.5GHz的环形VCO频率调谐范围为2.27～2.79GHz,增益最大值Kvco为-514.6MHz/V,谐振在2.5GHz下VCO的相位噪声为-98dBc/Hz@1MHz,功耗为32mW。该VCO适用于低压电路、高精度锁相环等。     

2.06GHz～3.43GHz自校准频率综合器设计

提出了一种自校准频率综合器,通过采用开关电容阵列使该设计具有较低的相位噪声和较宽的调谐范围.自校准 控制回路的引入,使该综合器能根据输入参考频率,温度,分频比等参数自动调整开关阵列中开关的开启和关断,达到快速锁 定的目的.采用SMIC 0.18 μm CMOS工艺进行仿真,结果显示,频率综合器输出频率范围从2.06 G...     

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.     

0.5 V ultra-low power wideband LNA with forward body bias technique

An ultra-low power wideband CMOS low noise amplifier (LNA) fabricated in TSMC 0.18 μm RF CMOS process for sub 1 GHz applications is presented. The capacitive cross-coupled LNA with forwardbody- bias (FBB) technique is adopted to achieve wideband input impedance matching and low power, low noise factor. The LNA is tested in the frequency range of 400?900 MHz, and exhibits a voltage gain of 18.5?20.7 dB, and a noise figure of 2.95 dB, drawing only 0.385 mW from 0.5 V power supply.     

8-GHz CMOS quadrature VCO using transformer-based LC tank

A fully integrated quadrature VCO at 8 GHz is presented. The VCO is implemented using a transformer-based LC tank in 0.18 /spl mu/m CMOS technology, in which two VCOs are coupled to generate I-Q signals. The VCO is realized employing the drain-gate transformer feedback configuration proposed here. This makes use of the quality factor enhancement in the resonator using a transformer and the deep switching-off technique by controlling gate bias. By turning off switching transistors of the differential VCO core deeply, the phase noise performance is improved more than 10 dB. The measured phase noise values are -110 and -117 dBc/HZ at the offset frequencies of 600 kHz and 1 MHz respectively. The tuning range of 250 MHz is achieved with the control voltage from 0 to 1 V. The VCO draws 8 mA in two differential core circuits from 3 V supply. When the bias voltage goes down to 2.5 V, the phase noise decrease only 2 dB compared to that of 3 V bias. The VCO performances are compared with previously reported quadrature Si VCOs in 5/spl sim/12 GHz frequency range.     

微型加速计全差分Σ-Δ接口IC

主要描述一种加速度感应系统全差分Σ-ΔCMOS接口IC。电容传感器接口由一个前端可配置开关电容(SC)电荷放大器和一个末端,一阶SCΣ-Δ调制器组成。本设计采用开关双采样技术(CDS)来消减低频噪声,能有效地隔离高性能Σ-Δ调制器和MEMS传感器。采用0.35μm CMOS技术,在3.3 V电源环境下能够理想工作。仿真结果显示该设计能达到0.55 V/g的精度。     

A -80 dB THD, 4 Vpp switched capacitor filter for 1.5 Vbattery-operated systems

A fully differential fifth-order SC filter that can operate from power supplies as low as 1.5 V featuring a -80 dB THD up to 4 V_pp output voltage is presented. A measured p-weighted noise of 120 μV_rms leads to a dynamic range of 81.5 dB. This circuit is used as reconstruction filter for a low voltage 14-b DAC. The very low voltage operation has been possible by integrating a regulated voltage-multiplier on the same chip. The filter active area is 0.54 mm ² in a 0.8 μm CMOS technology. Typical power consumption is 0.8 mW at 1.5 V supply     

A 0.8 V low power low phase-noise PLL

A low power and low phase noise phase-locked loop(PLL) design for low voltage(0.8 V) applications is presented.The voltage controlled oscillator(VCO) operates from a 0.5 V voltage supply,while the other blocks operate from a 0.8 V supply.A differential NMOS-only topology is adopted for the oscillator,a modified precharge topology is applied in the phase-frequency detector(PFD),and a new feedback structure is utilized in the charge pump(CP) for ultra-low voltage applications.The divider adopts the extende...     

低电压CMOS压控振荡器设计

设计和分析了一种低电压CMOS压控振荡器,对设计的电路进行理论分析和模型建立,并使用仿真工具对电路进行验证和优化。设计中主要考虑相位噪声和调谐宽度等指标,通过采用电感电容滤波技术以及合理调整电路结构和元器件参数,使相位噪声和调谐宽度均达到了较高的性能指标。结果表明,在1.2 V工作电压下,设计的VCO的尾电流为3 mA,输出振荡频率为2.24~2.57 GHz,中心频率约为2.4 GHz,调谐范围达到13.7%。     

A Low Voltage Divide-by-4 Injection Locked Frequency Divider With Quadrature Outputs

This letter presents a low voltage quadrature divide-by-4 (divide4) injection-locked frequency divider (QILFD). The QILFD consists of a 1.8-GHz quadrature voltage controlled oscillator (QVCO) and two NMOS switches, which are inserted into the quadrature outputs of the QVCO for signal injection. The low-voltage CMOS divide4 QILFD has been implemented with the TSMC 0.18-mum 1P6 M CMOS technology and the core power consumption is 3.12mW at the supply voltage of 1.2V. The free-running frequency of the QILFD is tunable from 1.73 to 1.99GHz, the measured phase noise of QILFD is -118dBc/Hz at 1-MHz offset from the free running frequency of 1.82GHz. At the input power of 0dBm, the total locking range is from 6.86 to 8.02GHz as the tuning voltage is varied from 0 to 1.2V. The phase noise of the locked output spectrum is lower than that of free running ring oscillator by 11dBc/Hz. The phase deviation of quadrature output is about 0.8deg     

A Wide Locking Range Differential Colpitts Injection Locked Frequency Divider

This letter proposes a new wideband Colpitts injection locked frequency divider (ILFD) and describes the operation principle of the ILFD. The circuit consists of a differential CMOS LC-tank oscillator and a direct injection topology. The divide-by-two ILFD can provide wide locking range, and the measurement results show that at the supply voltage of 2.4 V, the tuning range of the free running ILFD is from 4.46 to 5.6 GHz, about 1.14 GHz, and the locking range of the ILFD is from 8.03 to 11.63 GHz, about 3.6 GHz, at the injection signal power of 0 dBm. The ILFD dissipates 19.92 mW at a supply voltage of 2.4 V and was fabricated in 1P6M 0.18 mum CMOS process. At the tuning voltage of 1.2 V, the measured phase noise of the free running ILFD is -110.8 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset frequency from 4.94 GHz and the phase noise of the locked ILFD is -135.4 dBc/Hz, while the input signal power is -4 dBm.