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Low-power voltage-controlled oscillators in 90-nm CMOS using high-quality thin-film postprocessed inductors

Linten, D ; Sun, X ; Carchon, G ; Jeamsaksiri, W ; Mercha, A ; Ramos, J ; Jenei, S ; Wambacq, P ; Dehan, M and Aspemyr, Lars LU , et al. (2005) In IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits 40(9). p.1922-1931
Abstract
Wafer-level packaging (WLP) technology offers novel opportunities for the realization of high-quality on-chip passives needed in RF front-ends. This paper demonstrates a thin-film WLP technology on top of a 90-nm RF CMOS process with one 15-GHz and two low-power 5-GHz voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) using a high-quality WLP or above-IC inductor. The 5-GHz VCOs have a power consumption of 0.33 mW and a phase noise of - 115 dBc/Hz and -111 dBc/Hz; at 1-MHz offset, respectively, and the 15-GHz VCO has a phase noise of -105 dBc/Hz at 1-MHz offset with a power consumption of 2.76 mW.
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oscillator (VCO), voltage-controlled, radio frequency (RF), inductor, above IC, CMOS, wafer-level packaging (WLP)
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IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
volume
40
issue
9
pages
1922 - 1931
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IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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  • wos:000231578300019
  • scopus:25144453898
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0018-9200
DOI
10.1109/JSSC.2005.848144
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English
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  author       = {{Linten, D and Sun, X and Carchon, G and Jeamsaksiri, W and Mercha, A and Ramos, J and Jenei, S and Wambacq, P and Dehan, M and Aspemyr, Lars and Scholten, AJ and Decoutere, S and Donnay, S and De Raedt, W}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{9}},
  pages        = {{1922--1931}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  series       = {{IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits}},
  title        = {{Low-power voltage-controlled oscillators in 90-nm CMOS using high-quality thin-film postprocessed inductors}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSSC.2005.848144}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/JSSC.2005.848144}},
  volume       = {{40}},
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