变压器耦合的4.6GHz高性能正交CMOS压控振荡器设计

设计一种采用平面螺旋变压器作为耦合终端的CMOS电感电容正交压控振荡器,该正交VCO采用SMIC 0.18 um 数模混合&RF 1P6M CMOS工艺进行了流片验证。测试结果表明：电路在1.8 V电源供电和工作频率为4.6 GHz时,相位噪声为-125.7 dBc/Hz@1MHz,核心直流功耗仅为10 mW。根据时域的输出波形,测量的相位误差大约为1.5°,输出功率约为-2dBm。芯片的工作频率为4.36-4.68 GHz,调谐范围为320MHz(7.0％),电路的优值为-189dB。     

Design of a 4.6 GHz high-performance quadrature CMOS VCO using transformer couple

A CMOS quadrature LC-tank voltage-controlled oscillator topology which uses a planar spiral trans-former as coupling elements has been implemented in mixed-signal and RF 1P6M 0.18μm CMOS technology of SMIC. The measured phase noise is -125.7 dBc/Hz at an offset frequency of 1 MHz from the carrier of 4.6 GHz while the VCO core circuit draws only of 10 mW from a 1.8 V supply. The measured phase error is approximately 1.5° based on the time domain outputs and the output power is about -2 dBm. The VCO can cover the frequency range of 4.36-4.68 GHz. The tuning range is 320 MHz (7.0%) and the FOM is -189 dB.     

基于栅极电感反馈的CMOS差分Vacker VCO设计

提出了一种基于栅极电感反馈的Vacker压控振荡器(VCO),该结构能够改善电路的负阻抗,进而使得电路易于起振。对晶体管的负载效应和振幅稳定性的分析表明,该Vacker VCO相比较于Colpitts VCO,具有更好的振幅稳定性,进而改善了VCO的相位噪声。基于0.13-μm RF CMOS工艺,对该Vacker VCO进行了设计与芯片实现,测试结果表明：在消耗4.2 mW功耗的前提下,该VCO振荡频率为11 GHz～12.6 GHz,在11.8 GHz振荡频率处,相位噪声为-115.1 dBc/Hz@1 MHz,品质因数FOM指标达到-190.3 dBc/Hz。     

A Back Gate Tuned PFET VCO

A differential voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) circuit employing PMOS transistors in the gain stage is described. The circuit topology minimizes the amount of fixed parasitic capacitance in the tank circuit. The gain stage transistors employ virtual ground planes for increasing the Q value of the drain-bulk capacitances. Tuning of the oscillation frequency is based on the voltage dependence of the gain stage PFET drain-bulk junction capacitances. The simulation results show that it is possible to increase the tuning range of the 2.8 GHz VCO from 341 MHz to 406 MHz by improving the drain layout design of the gain transistors. Parameters from an industrial 0.35 m CMOS process are used for simulations.     

On the quadrature accuracy of in-phase coupled quadrature LC oscillator

In this article, closed-form equations are proposed for phase and amplitude errors of an in-phase coupled quadrature LC oscillator. First of all, the injected current from coupling network to switching one is analytically calculated in a novel approach. Then, fundamental equations are obtained to derive phase and amplitude errors which are results of mismatches of the tank's inductors, capacitors and resistors. The analysis shows that the LC tank's phase of this oscillator has a negligible deviation from zero that is desirable and causes low phase noise. Also, the study indicates that in-phase coupling of this structure generates an injection current that reduces the output current magnitude. In the following, a mechanism is proposed to compensate the phase error, using intentional mismatch in tail currents. Moreover, In contrast to previous works, there is not a considerable trade-off between phase error and phase noise; meaning phase noise is almost stable while phase error dramatically decreases. Next, Many simulations have been done in TSMC 0.18 μm to evaluate the proposed analytical equations and efficiency of the presented approach. Finally, all of these tests confirm the high accuracy of equations and capability of the mentioned technique.     

An inherent curvature-compensated voltage reference using non-linearity of gate coupling coefficient

A novel current-mode voltage reference circuit which is capable of generating sub-1 V output voltage is presented. The proposed architecture exhibits the inherent curvature compensation ability. The curvature compensation is achieved by utilizing the non-linear behavior of gate coupling coefficient to compensate non-linear temperature dependence of base-emitter voltage. We have also utilized the developments in CMOS process to reduce power and area consumption. The proposed voltage reference is analyzed theoretically and compared with other existing methods. The circuit is designed and simulated in 180 nm mixed-mode CMOS UMC technology which gives a reference level of 246 mV. The minimum required supply voltage is 1 V with maximum current drawn of 9.24 μA. A temperature coefficient of 9 ppm/℃ is achieved over -25 to 125 ℃ temperature range. The reference voltage varies by ±11 mV across process corners. The reference circuit shows the line sensitivity of 0.9 mV/V with area consumption of 100 × 110 μm².     

栅极宽度对IGBT通态压降的影响

利用silvaco软件对PT-IGBT的I-V特性进行了仿真,在同一电流密度下提取了不同栅极宽度IGBT的通态压降,得到了通态压降随栅极宽度变化的曲线,该仿真结果与理论分析一致。对于相同的元胞尺寸,栅极宽度存在最优值,只要合理地选取,可以有效地降低通态压降。     

Low-voltage, high-speed CMOS analog latched voltage comparator using the “flipped voltage follower” as input stage

The design and characterization of a low-voltage, high-speed CMOS analog latched voltage comparator based on the flipped voltage follower (FVF) cell and input signal regeneration is presented. The proposed circuit consists of a differential input stage with a common-mode signal detector, followed by a regenerative latch and a Set-Reset (S-R) latch. It is suitable for successive-approximation type’s analog-to-digital converters (ADC), but can also be adapted for use in flash-type ADCs. The circuit was fabricated using 0.18 μm CMOS technology, and its measured performance shows 12-bit resolution at 20 MHz comparison rate and 1 V single supply voltage, with a total power consumption of 63.5 μW.     

Analytical 2D modeling for potential distribution and threshold voltage of the short channel fully depleted cylindrical/surrounding gate MOSFET

A two-dimensional analytical model for fully depleted cylindrical/surrounding gate MOSFET is presented. We used the evanescent mode analysis to solve the 2D Poisson's equation and to deduce analytically the surface potential and threshold voltage expressions of this device. Comparison with the other models reveals a good agreement.