Two 60GHz 15dBm output power VCOs in 22nm FDSOI
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Abstract
This letter presents the design and characterization of two 60-GHz voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) fabricated in a 22-nm fully depleted silicon on insulator (FDSOI) CMOS technology with over 15-dBm output power. Both VCOs rely on the same cross-coupled nMOS gain cells and pseudodifferential cascode buffers. The VCOs consume around 150 mW from the dc supply. The frequency tuning of the first one is achieved through the high-quality factor variable inductors (VIDs) and has a phase noise as low as -99 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset, while the second one employs additional varactors to expand the fractional frequency tuning range to 17%. Both VCOs have achieved over 20% dc-to-RF efficiency.
Details
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 9274512 |
| Pages (from-to) | 184–187 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | IEEE Microwave and Wireless Component Letters |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2021 |
| Peer-reviewed | No |
External IDs
| Scopus | 85097437995 |
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