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A time-variant analysis of fundamental 1/f3 phase noise in CMOS parallel LC-tank quadrature oscillators

Mazzanti, Andrea and Andreani, Pietro LU (2009) In IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Part 1: Regular Papers 56(10). p.2173-2180
Abstract
This paper presents a rigorous time-variant analysis

of the 1/f MOS device noise upconversion into 1/f^3 phase noise

for two of the most popular parallel-coupled quadrature CMOS

harmonic oscillators. Simple closed-form equations for the fundamental

1/f^3 phase-noise spectrum are derived and validated

through SpectreRF simulations, proving that the two topologies

display remarkably different sensitivities to the low-frequency

noise sources. Based on the developed analysis, useful general

design insights are also presented.
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CMOS RFICs, impulse sensitivity function (ISF), quadrature oscillator., phase noise, flicker noise
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IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Part 1: Regular Papers
volume
56
issue
10
pages
2173 - 2180
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IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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  • wos:000273553400003
  • scopus:75149142845
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1549-8328
DOI
10.1109/TCSI.2009.2015214
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English
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  abstract     = {{This paper presents a rigorous time-variant analysis<br/><br>
of the 1/f MOS device noise upconversion into 1/f^3 phase noise<br/><br>
for two of the most popular parallel-coupled quadrature CMOS<br/><br>
harmonic oscillators. Simple closed-form equations for the fundamental<br/><br>
1/f^3 phase-noise spectrum are derived and validated<br/><br>
through SpectreRF simulations, proving that the two topologies<br/><br>
display remarkably different sensitivities to the low-frequency<br/><br>
noise sources. Based on the developed analysis, useful general<br/><br>
design insights are also presented.}},
  author       = {{Mazzanti, Andrea and Andreani, Pietro}},
  issn         = {{1549-8328}},
  keywords     = {{CMOS RFICs; impulse sensitivity
function (ISF); quadrature oscillator.; phase noise; flicker noise}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{10}},
  pages        = {{2173--2180}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  series       = {{IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Part 1: Regular Papers}},
  title        = {{A time-variant analysis of fundamental 1/f3 phase noise in CMOS parallel LC-tank quadrature oscillators}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2009.2015214}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/TCSI.2009.2015214}},
  volume       = {{56}},
  year         = {{2009}},
}