A 19 GHz Circular-Geometry Quad-Core Tail-Filtering Class-F VCO with -115 dBc/Hz Phase Noise at 1 MHz Offset in 65-nm CMOS
In: ESSCIRC 2021 - IEEE 47th European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), 2021-09-13
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This paper presents a CMOS circular-geometry quad-core voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) with class-F operation and tail filtering to achieve ultra low phase noise in K band. The use of class-F operation in a circular-geometry multicore VCO further lowers phase noise but results in new mode ambiguity. We introduce cross-coupled narrow and thin metal traces in the class-F transformer secondary loop to suppress this new mode ambiguity. Also, we extend the circular geometry design to the VCO tail LC filters, reducing the chip area. A proof-of-concept prototype is fabricated in a standard 65 nm CMOS technology. In measurement, the VCO operates from 17.9 to 20.7 GHz. At 19 GHz, the VCO achieves a phase noise of -115 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset with a figure of merit (FoM) of -188.4 dBc/Hz.
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A 19 GHz Circular-Geometry Quad-Core Tail-Filtering Class-F VCO with -115 dBc/Hz Phase Noise at 1 MHz Offset in 65-nm CMOS
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Zhou, Jin ; Ming, Shuxin |
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Zeitschrift: | ESSCIRC 2021 - IEEE 47th European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), 2021-09-13 |
Veröffentlichung: | IEEE, 2021 |
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DOI: | 10.1109/esscirc53450.2021.9567792 |
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