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。     

低抖动锁相环中压控振荡器的设计

压控振荡器(VC0)作为PLL系统中的关键模块,其相位噪声对PLL相位噪声和抖动产生决定性影响.在对PLl系统噪声及VCO相位噪声分析的基础上,基于CSMC 0.5μm CMOS工艺,设计了一款低相位噪声两级差分环形VCO.Spectre RF仿真结果表明,VCO频率调谐范围为524 MHz～1.1 GHZ,增益最大值Kvco为-636.7 MHz/V,900 MHz下VCO相位噪声为-116.2dBc/Hz@1 MHz,功耗为21.2 mW.系统仿真结果表明,VCO相位噪声对PLL抖动的贡献小于1 ps.     

新型复合沟道Al0.3Ga0.7N/Al0.05Ga0.95N/GaN HEMT低相位噪声微波单片集成压控振荡器

设计并研制了一种新型复合沟道Al0.3Ga0.7N/Al0.05Ga0.95N/GaN HEMT(CC-HEMT)微波单片集成压控振荡器(VCO),且测试了电路的性能.CC-HEMT的栅长为1μm,栅宽为100μm.叉指金属-半导体-金属(MSM)变容二极管被设计用于调谐VCO频率.为提高螺旋电感的Q值,聚酰亚胺介质被插入在电感金属层与外延在蓝宝石上GaN层之间.当CC-HEMT的直流偏置为Vgs=-3V,Vds=6V,变容二极管的调谐电压从5.5V到8.5V时,VCO的频率变化从7.04GHz到7.29GHz,平均输出功率为10dBm,平均功率附加效率为10.4%.当加在变容二极管上电压为6.7V时,测得的相位噪声为-86.25dBc/Hz(在频偏100KHz时)和-108dB/Hz(在频偏1MHz时),这个结果也是整个调谐范围的平均值.据我们所知,这个相位噪声测试结果是文献报道中基于GaN HEMT单片VCO的最好结果.     

自调谐VCO频段选择技术比较与设计

系统分析了自调谐的必要性和各种具有频段选择功能的LC VCO(电感电容压控振荡器)的特点,设计了一种可以应用于自调谐的LC VCO结构.该压控振荡器用5层金属0.25 μ m的标准CMOS工艺制造完成,测试结果表明,该压控振荡器在电源电压为2.7V时的功耗约为14mW,它具有约1 80MHz的调谐范围,在振荡中心频率为1.52GHz时的单边带相位噪声为-110dBc/Hz@1MHz.     

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.     

2.5 GHz低相位噪声LC压控振荡器

在0.35 μm SiGe BiCMOS工艺条件下,设计了一个全集成的低相位噪声LC压控振荡器(VCO).该VCO采用尾电阻结构替代传统的尾电流源结构实现电流控制,以减小尾电流源产生的噪声.该VCO的调谐范围为480 MHz,可以覆盖2.32～2.8 GHz.当振荡频率为2.5 GHz时,100 kHz和1 MHz频偏处的相位噪声分别为-104.3 dBc/Hz和-124.3 dBc/Hz.振荡器工作电压为5 V,尾电流为5 mA.工作在2.5 GHz时,其100 kHz频偏处的性能系数为-178 dBc/Hz.     

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.     

基于0.18μm SiGe BiCMOS工艺的60GHz VCO分析与设计

采用0.18 μm SiGe BiCMOS工艺,设计了一个60GHz的交叉耦合差分压控振荡器(VCO).通过分析传输线的性能,用λ/ 4短路传输线构造谐振回路.在分析VCO相位噪声的基础上,采用噪声滤波技术提高VCO的相位噪声性能.该VCO的工作电压为2.2V,偏置电流为11mA,频率调谐范围为58.377GHz～60.365GHz.当振荡频率为60.365GHz时,1MHz和10MHz频偏处的相位噪声分别为-79.1dBc/ Hz和-99.77dBc/ Hz.     

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.     

低相位噪声VCO的设计

设计了一个用于移动通信中继站的低相位噪声压控振荡器(VCO)。该VCO采用了考皮兹结构,谐振器使用LC器件,放大器件使用双极结型晶体管(BJT)。其频率调动范围为730～840 MHz,压控灵敏度为22 MHz/V,输出功率为10.7 dBm。在800 MHz中心频率处,其实测相位噪声分别为-99.42 dBc/Hz@10 kHz,-116.44 dBc/Hz@100 kHz,-135.06 dBc/Hz@1 MHz。提出了一种采用基极低频滤波的办法消除VCO的杂散频率,整个测试频段内观察不到明显的杂散。阐述了VCO相位噪声的主要来源,给出了低噪声VCO的设计方法。理论计算,仿真结果和实物测试取得了一致的结论,对低噪声VCO的设计提供了一定的参考。     

An 8 GHz high power AlGaN/GaN HEMT VCO

A high power X-band hybrid microwave integrated voltage controlled oscillator(VCO) based on Al-GaN /GaN HEMT is presented.The oscillator design utilizes a common-gate negative resistance structure with open and short-circuit stub microstrip lines as the main resonator for a high Q factor.The VCO operating at 20 V drain bias and-1.9 V gate bias exhibits an output power of 28 dBm at the center frequency of 8.15 GHz with an efficiency of 21%.Phase noise is estimated to be -85 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz offset and -1...     

A Q-band low phase noise monolithic AlGaN/GaN HEMT VCO

A Q-band 40-GHz GaN monolithic microwave integrated circuit voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) based on AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor technology has been demonstrated. The GaN VCO delivered an output power of +25dBm with phase noise of -92dBc/Hz at 100-KHz offset, and -120dBc/Hz at 1-MHz offset. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the state-of-the-art for GaN VCOs in terms of frequency, output power, and phase noise performance. This work demonstrates the potential for the use of GaN technology for high frequency, high power, and low phase noise frequency sources for military and commercial applications.     

A V-Band Monolithic AlGaN/GaN VCO

A V-band push-push GaN monolithic microwave integrated circuit voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) has been realized based on a 0.2 mum T-gate AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor technology with an fT ~ 65 GHz. The GaN VCO delivered an output power of +11 dBm at 53 GHz with an estimated phase noise of -97 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset based on on-wafer measurement. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest frequency VCO ever reported for GaN technology with a high output power at V-band, without using any buffer amplifier. This work demonstrates the potential of applying GaN technology to millimeter wave band, high power, and low phase noise frequency sources applications.     

A Low Phase-Noise X-Band MMIC VCO Using High-Linearity and Low-Noise Composite-Channel Al0.3Ga0.7N/Al0.05Ga0.95N/GaN HEMTs

A low phase-noise X-band monolithic-microwave integrated-circuit voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) based on a novel high-linearity and low-noise composite-channel Al_0.3Ga_0.7N/Al_0.05Ga_0.95 N/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) is presented. The HEMT has a 1 mumtimes100 mum gate. A planar inter-digitated metal-semiconductor-metal varactor is used to tune the VCO's frequency. The polyimide dielectric layer is inserted between a metal and GaN buffer to improve the Q factor of spiral inductors. The VCO exhibits a frequency tuning range from 9.11 to 9.55 GHz with the varactor's voltage from 4 to 6 V, an average output power of 3.3 dBm, and an average efficiency of 7% at a gate bias of -3 V and a drain bias of 5 V. The measured phase noise is -82 dBc/Hz and -110 dBc/Hz at offsets of 100 kHz and 1 MHz at a varactor's voltage (V_tune)=5 V. The phase noise is the lowest reported thus far in VCOs made of GaN-based HEMTs. In addition, the VCO also exhibits the minimum second harmonic suppression of 47 dBc. The chip size is 1.2times1.05 mm²     

A GaN differential oscillator with improved harmonic performance

The first AlGaN/GaN HEMT based differential oscillator is reported. The MMIC oscillates at a frequency of 4.16 GHz and provides 22.9 dBm of power from one side at a biasing of V/sub gs/-1 V and V/sub ds/20 V. The HEMTs each have a 0.7 /spl mu/m/spl times/200 /spl mu/m gate. The second harmonic is 45 dB below the carrier and the third harmonic is more than 70 dB below the carrier. To our knowledge, this is the best reported harmonic performance for a GaN oscillator. The oscillator efficiency is between 4% and 9.4% depending on bias. The measured phase noise is -86.3 dBc and -115.7 dBc at offsets of 100 kHz and 1 MHz respectively. The phase noise at a 1 MHz offset is similar to the noise performance of FET based differential oscillators in other technologies.     

High-power monolithic AlGaN/GaN HEMT oscillator

A monolithic X-band oscillator based on an AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) has been designed, fabricated, and characterized. A common-gate HEMT with 1.5 mm of gate width in conjunction with inductive feedback is used to generate negative resistance. A high Q resonator is implemented with a short-circuit low-loss coplanar waveguide transmission line. The oscillator delivers 1.7 W at 9.556 GHz into 50-/spl Omega/ load when biased at V/sub ds/=30 V and V/sub gs/=-5 V, with dc-to-RF efficiency of 16%. Phase noise was estimated to be -87 dBc/Hz at 100-kHz offset. Low-frequency noise, pushing and pulling figures, and time-domain characterization have been performed. Experimental results show great promise for AlGaN/GaN HEMT MMIC technology to be used in future high-power microwave source applications.     

Simple K-band MMIC VCO utilizing a miniaturized hairpin resonator and a three-terminal p-HEMT varactor with low phase noise and high output power properties

Presents a fully monolithic K-band MMIC voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) implemented by using a 0.25 /spl mu/m AlGaAs/InGaAs pseudomorphic HEMT (p-HEMT) technology. The use of a half-wavelength miniaturized hairpin-shaped resonator and a three-terminal p-HEMT varactor was effective in reducing the chip size and simplifying fabrication processes of the microwave MMIC VCO without impairing the performance of the circuit. The VCO provides a typical output power of 11.5 dBm at 20.8 GHz and a free-running phase noise of -82 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz offset and -95 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset. It also shows a tuning range of 70 MHz with little reduction in output power and high yield properties. The chip size of the MMIC VCO is 1.5 /spl times/ 2.0 mm/sup 2/.     

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。     

A low-noise voltage-controlled ring oscillator in 28-nm FDSOI technology for UWB applications

In millimeter wave systems, performance degradation mainly occurs due to high phase noise of voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs). This paper proposes a low power, low phase noise ring-VCO developed for ultra-wide band applications identified for possible 5G usage. For this purpose, a novel differential symmetrical load delay cell based 3-stage ring oscillator has been introduced to design the ring-VCO. The 28 nm CMOS Fully Depleted Silicon On Insulator (FDSOI) technology is adopted for designing this VCO circuit with 1 V power supply while a new voltage control through the transistor body bias is implemented. The simulated results show that the proposed oscillator works in the tuning range of 29–49 GHz and dissipates 3.75 mW of power. It exhibits a phase noise of −129.2 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset from 49 GHz oscillation frequency, and a remarkable Figure of Merit (FoM) of −217.26 dBc/Hz. With similar power supply, the phase noise rises to −93.16 dBc/Hz for a second oscillator involving more of active components exactly 9 delay cells. Further, the impact of the operation temperature variation on the VCO performance is investigated. Results show a drift in the oscillation frequency for a temperature step from 27 °C to 40 °C and a degradation of 3dBc in the phase noise performance.