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Two mm-Wave VCOs in 28-nm UTBB FD-SOI CMOS

Forsberg, Therese LU ; Wernehag, Johan LU ; Nejdel, Anders LU ; Sjöland, Henrik LU and Törmänen, Markus LU orcid (2017) In IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters 27(5). p.509-511
Abstract
Two 60-GHz band voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs) designed in a 28-nm ultrathin body and buried oxide fully depleted silicon on insulator (UTBB FD-SOI) CMOS process are demonstrated and compared. Both VCOs have identical cross-coupled nMOS cores and dissipate 3.15 mW from a 0.9-V supply. The first design uses a standard FET current source and achieves a figure of merit (FOM) of −181 dBc/Hz, whereas the second employs a filtered current source and achieves a state-of-the-art FOM of −187 dBc/Hz. The achieved 6-dB improvement demonstrates the efficiency of the filtering technique at millimeter wave frequencies and the feasibility of efficient low-phase noise designs in 28-nm UTBB FD-SOI CMOS. The active area of the filtered VCO is... (More)
Two 60-GHz band voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs) designed in a 28-nm ultrathin body and buried oxide fully depleted silicon on insulator (UTBB FD-SOI) CMOS process are demonstrated and compared. Both VCOs have identical cross-coupled nMOS cores and dissipate 3.15 mW from a 0.9-V supply. The first design uses a standard FET current source and achieves a figure of merit (FOM) of −181 dBc/Hz, whereas the second employs a filtered current source and achieves a state-of-the-art FOM of −187 dBc/Hz. The achieved 6-dB improvement demonstrates the efficiency of the filtering technique at millimeter wave frequencies and the feasibility of efficient low-phase noise designs in 28-nm UTBB FD-SOI CMOS. The active area of the filtered VCO is
90μm×180μm and the standard VCO has an area of 80μm×110μm. (Less)
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  author       = {{Forsberg, Therese and Wernehag, Johan and Nejdel, Anders and Sjöland, Henrik and Törmänen, Markus}},
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  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  series       = {{IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters}},
  title        = {{Two mm-Wave VCOs in 28-nm UTBB FD-SOI CMOS}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LMWC.2017.2690845}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/LMWC.2017.2690845}},
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