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A 19.5 GHz 28 nm CMOS Class-C VCO with Reduced 1/f Noise Upconversion

Franceschin, Alessandro ; Andreani, Pietro LU ; Padovan, Fabio ; Bassi, Matteo ; Nonis, Roberto and Bevilacqua, Andrea (2019) 45th IEEE European Solid State Circuits Conference, ESSCIRC 2019 p.45-48
Abstract

Class-C operation is leveraged to implement a K-band CMOS VCO where the upconversion of the 1/f noise from the core transistors is robustly contained at a minimal level. Implemented in a bulk 28 nm CMOS technology,the VCO shows a phase noise as low as -108.5 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset (-83 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz offset) from the 19.5 GHz carrier,while consuming 14.4 mW and featuring a 12% tuning range.

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keywords
1/f noise, phase noise, Voltage-controlled oscillators
host publication
ESSCIRC 2019 - IEEE 45th European Solid State Circuits Conference
article number
8902813
pages
4 pages
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
45th IEEE European Solid State Circuits Conference, ESSCIRC 2019
conference location
Cracow, Poland
conference dates
2019-09-23 - 2019-09-26
external identifiers
  • scopus:85075944058
ISBN
9781728115504
DOI
10.1109/ESSCIRC.2019.8902813
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English
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  author       = {{Franceschin, Alessandro and Andreani, Pietro and Padovan, Fabio and Bassi, Matteo and Nonis, Roberto and Bevilacqua, Andrea}},
  booktitle    = {{ESSCIRC 2019 - IEEE 45th European Solid State Circuits Conference}},
  isbn         = {{9781728115504}},
  keywords     = {{1/f noise; phase noise; Voltage-controlled oscillators}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{45--48}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{A 19.5 GHz 28 nm CMOS Class-C VCO with Reduced 1/f Noise Upconversion}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ESSCIRC.2019.8902813}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/ESSCIRC.2019.8902813}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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