A 1-V CMOS VCO for 60-GHz applications

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Luo, Tang-Nian [1 ]
Bai, Shuen-Yin [1 ]
Chen, Yi-Jan Emery [1 ]
Chen, Hsin-Shu [1 ]
Heo, Deukhyoun [1 ]
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[1] Natl Taiwan Univ, Grad Inst Elect Engn, Dept Elect Engn, Taipei, Taiwan
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An integrated I-V, 50-GRz CMOS voltage-controlled-oscillator (VCO) is presented for the emerging 60-GHz UWB applications. Implemented in a commercial 0.18 mu m CMOS technology, the core VCO circuitry consumes 4 mW of power and occupies only 90 mu m x 120 mu m of the silicon estate. The high quality-factor line inductors and NMOS varactors are used to construct the LC-resonators. The measured phase noise at 1-MHz offset from 49 GHz is -96 dBc/Hz, which leads to an excellent Figure-of-Merit (FOM) of -184 dBc/Rz.
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