0.18-mm RF CMOS 工艺电感电容压控振荡器*

采用SMIC 0.18mm RF CMOS工艺设计实现了一种低相位噪声的压控振荡器。该电路采用了优化设计的电感电容谐振腔,差分耦合的放大器作为负阻补偿谐振腔的能量损耗。为了拓宽电路的频率调谐范围,在电路中设计了三比特开关电容阵列。测试结果表明：振荡器频率调谐范围为1.92GHz 到3.35GHz,在2.4GHz 频率处偏移载波1MHz处的相位噪声为-117.8dBc/Hz。电路直流供电电压为1.8V,电流为5.6mA.,芯片尺寸为600mm′900mm。芯片性能良好,可以应用于IEEE802.11b标准的无线局域网接收机中。.     

应用于IMT-A和UWB系统的0.13μm CMOS宽带压控振荡器设计

基于TSMC 0.13μm CMOS工艺设计并实现了应用于IMT-Advanced和UWB系统的双频段宽带频率合成器中的电感电容压控振荡器(LC-VCO)。此压控振荡器的设计采用了开关电流源、开关交叉耦合对和噪声滤波等技术,以优化电路的相位噪声,功耗,振荡幅度,调谐范围等性能。为达到宽的调谐范围,核心电路采用了4比特可重构的开关电容调谐阵列。整个芯片包括焊盘面积为1.11′0.98 mm₂。测试结果表明,在1.2V电源电压下,两个频段压控振荡器所消耗的电流分别为3mA和4.5mA,压控振荡器的调谐范围为3.86~5.28GHz和3.14~3.88GHz。在振荡频率3.5GHz和4.2GHz上,1MHz频偏处,压控振荡器的相位噪声分别为-123dBc/Hz与-119dBc/Hz。     

基于CMOS工艺宽带LC压控振荡器研究

设计了一种应用于无线通信系统的宽带电感电容(LC)压控振荡器(VCO),电路采用开关电容阵列获得了宽频率覆盖范围;利用开关可变电容阵列减小了调谐增益变化;并通过采用高品质因数的差分电感和噪声滤波技术获得了低相位噪声.电路设计采用SMIC 0.18 μm CMOS工艺.仿真结果表明:在工作电压为1.8 V时,直流功耗为9 mW,压控振荡器的频率范围870～1500 MHz(53%),调谐增益在67 MHz/V至72 MHz/V之间.相位噪声优于-100 dBc/Hz@100 kHz.     

具有电容阵列和电感阵列的1.8~2.6GHz CMOS压控振荡器

设计了一个具有开关电容阵列和开关电感阵列的1.76~2.56GHz CMOS压控振荡器。电路采用0.18µm 1P6M CMOS工艺实现。经测试,压控振荡器的频率调谐范围为37%。在频率调谐范围内及1MHz频偏处,相位噪声变化范围为-118.5dBc/Hz至 -122.8dBc/Hz。在1.8V电源电压下,功耗约为14.4mW。基于具有电容阵列和电感阵列的可重构LC谐振回路,对压控振荡器的调谐范围参数进行了分析和推导,所得结果为电路设计提供了指导。     

应用于DRM/DAB接收机的压控振荡器设计

论文基于SMIC0.18umCOMS工艺,设计一种宽频低功耗低相位噪声的CMOS压控振荡器,电路采用差分LC振荡器,同时采用积累型MOS可变电容、缓冲电路及经改良的开关电容阵列,以降低功耗和相位噪声,由仿真结果可知,电路频率调谐范围为2.5G~3.1G,频偏为1MHz时相位噪声分布在-118dBc/Hz~-122dBc/Hz,工作电流小于10mA,满足设计要求,可应用于DRM/DAB接收机。     

卫星电视天线射频电路中LC压控振荡器设计

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,有效地降低了相位噪声。使得该压控振荡器实现了3.384～4.022 GHz频段的覆盖,在中心频率为3.7 GHz时,100 Hz和1 MHz频偏处的相位噪声分别为-90.4 dBc/Hz和-119.1 dBc/Hz,工作电压下为1.8 V,功耗仅为2.5 mW。     

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。     

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.     

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.     

LC voltage controlled oscillator in 0.18-μm RF CMOS

An integrated low-phase-noise voltage-controlled oscillator(VCO) has been designed and fabricated in SMIC 0.18μm RF CMOS technology.The circuit employs an optimally designed LC resonator and a differential cross-coupling amplifier acts as a negative resistor to compensate the energy loss of the resonator.To extend the frequency tuning range,a three-bit binary-weighted switched capacitor array is used in the circuit.The testing result indicates that the VCO achieves a tuning range of 60%from 1.92 to 3.35 GHz.The phase noise of the VCO is -117.8 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset from the carrier frequency of 2.4 GHz.It draws 5.6 mA current from a 1.8 V supply.The VCO integrated circuit occupies a die area of 600×900μm~2.It can be used in the IEEE802.11 b based wireless local network receiver.     

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。     

A 1.8-2.6 GHz CMOS VCO with switched capacitor array and switched inductor array

The design of a 1.76-2.56 GHz CMOS voltage-controlled oscillator(VCO)with switched capacitor array and switched inductor array is presented.Fabricated in 0.18μm 1P6M CMOS technology,the VCO achieves a 37% frequency tuning range.The measured phase noise varies between-118.5 dBc/Hz and-122.8 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset across the tuning range.Power consumption is about 14.4 mW with a 1.8 V supply.Based on a reconfigurable LC tank with switched capacitor array and switched inductor array,the mnmg range is analyzed and derived in terms of design parameters,yielding useful equations to guide the circuit design.     

一种UHF频段小数分频频率综合器设计与实现

基于130 nm CMOS工艺设计了一款特高频(UHF)频段的锁相环型小数分频频率综合器.电感电容式压控振荡器(LC VCO)片外调谐电感总值为2 nH时,其输出频率范围为1.06～1.24 GHz,调节调谐电感拓宽了频率输出范围,并利用开关电容阵列减小了压控振荡器的增益.使用电荷泵补偿电流优化了频率综合器的线性度与带内相位噪声.此外对电荷泵进行适当改进,确保了环路的稳定.测试结果表明,通过调节电荷泵补偿电流,频率综合器的带内相位噪声可优化3 dB以上,中心频率为1.12 GHz时,在1 kHz频偏处的带内相位噪声和1 MHz频偏处的带外相位噪声分别为-92.3和-120.9 dBc/Hz.最小频率分辨率为3 Hz,功耗为19.2 mW.     

Noise in CMOS Voltage Controlled Relaxation Oscillators

A low-noise voltage controlled relaxation oscillator (VCO) has been fabricated in a 2 micron CMOS process. The VCO uses a grounded external timing capacitor and a bypassed latch. A theoretical analysis is presented showing that the VCOs output phase noise is dominated by the undersampling of circuit noise arising principally from the comparators. A minor correction to equation (21) of Abidi and Meyer in [1] is also derived. The VCO design was modified to allow a comparison between two different comparator architectures whilst sharing a common VCO core of current sources, timing capacitor and latch. Spectrum analyzer measurements are presented which confirm the theoretical predictions and show that high frequency signals are aliassed down to appear as noise sidebands about the carrier frequency. The oscillator's phase noise was measured as –70 dBc/Hz at a 20 kHz offset when oscillating at 1.1 MHz.     

A self-calibration technique for wide tuning range PLLs

This paper presents a new calibration technique applicable for wide tuning range phase locked loops (PLLs) using very low gain voltage controlled oscillators (VCO). This technique uses the PLL main loop for the coarse and fine tuning of the VCO. Instead of using two loops which has been reported in previous works, in this work the VCO tuning voltage is used to calibrate the VCO switch capacitor array. Since the proposed calibration circuit operates in a closed loop form, it can be used for channel selection as well as adjusting for process, voltage and temperature variations. In addition, the calibration circuit has been used to set the VCO tail current in order to optimize VCO phase noise. A prototype frequency synthesizer has been designed in 0.18-μm CMOS process to work for a frequency range from 2.4 to 2.72 GHz. Simulation results show that using the proposed technique, a spur level of ?60 dB at 5 MHz offset from carrier was achieved while having negligible power overhead.     

1.9～5.7 GHz宽带低噪声BiCMOS LC VCO

设计了一种宽带、低相位噪声差分LC压控振荡器(VCO)。所设计的电路采用开关电容阵列和开关电感,实现了多波段振荡输出。对负阻环节跨导进行了优化设计,将热噪声控制在最小范围内,同时采用高品质因数片上螺旋电感,以减小电路的噪声干扰。采用台积电(TSMC)0.35μmSiGe BiCMOS工艺制作了流片,并进行了仿真和硬件电路实验。实测结果表明,当调谐电压为0～3.3 V时,可设定VCO工作在6个波段(1.9～2.1 GHz,2.1～2.4 GHz,2.4～3.0 GHz,3.0～3.4 GHz,3.4～4.2 GHz,4.2～5.7 GHz),此6波段连续可调,构成了1.9～5.7 GHz宽带VCO;VCO的中心频率为2.4 GHz、偏离中心频率为1 MHz时实测相位噪声为-111.64 dBc/Hz;在3.3 V电源电压下实测核静态电流约为1.8 mA,从而验证了宽带、低噪声BiCMOS LC VCO设计方案之正确性。     

一种带有开关电流源的低相噪压控振荡器

提出一种带有开关电流源的电感电容压控振荡器（LC VCO）。该技术通过反馈电容将电感电容压控振荡器的输出耦合到电流源,形成了电流源的开关特性,从而减小了电感电容压控振荡器的相位噪声。提出的电感电容压控振荡器采用华虹 NEC的0.18μm SiGe BiCMOS工艺,工作频率为5.7 GHz,相位噪声为-113.0 dBc/Hz@1MHz,功耗为2.3 mA。在其他性能相同的情况下,提出的电感电容压控振荡器的振荡频率比典型的电感电容压控振荡器的相位噪声小4.5 dB。     

Floating active inductor based Class-C VCO with 8 digitally tuned sub-bands

A fully integrated floating active inductor based voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) is presented. The active inductor employs voltage differencing transconductance amplifier (VDTA) as a building block. The designed VCO achieves frequency tuning by varying the bias current through the VDTA and utilizes a Class-C topology for improving the phase noise performance. The inductor-less VCO is designed and implemented in a 45-nm CMOS process and its performance is estimated using Virtuoso ADE of Cadence. Operating at a supply voltage of ±1 V, the proposed VCO consumes 0.44–1.1 mW corresponding to the oscillation frequency of 1.1–1.8 GHz thereby exhibiting a tuning range of 48.27%. The phase noise of the VCO lies in the range of −94.12 to −98.37 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset resulting in a FOM of −172.14 to −176.69 dBc/Hz.