A 2.2 to 2.9 GHz complementary class-C VCO with PMOS tail-current source feedback achieving–120 dBc/Hz phase noise at 1 MHz offset
The performance of low-powered transceivers is required to meet stringent specifications for
an advanced wireless radio application. It is critical for a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) …
an advanced wireless radio application. It is critical for a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) …
Electronic circuit with controllable negative differential resistance and its applications
Electronic devices and circuits with negative differential resistance (NDR) are widely used in
oscillators, memory devices, frequency multipliers, mixers, etc. Such devices and circuits …
oscillators, memory devices, frequency multipliers, mixers, etc. Such devices and circuits …
26.7 A 10mm3 syringe-implantable near-field radio system on glass substrate
We present a millimeter-scale near-field radio system for ultra-low-power (ULP) healthcare
sensor nodes. It is specifically designed forsyringe implantation'which minimizes …
sensor nodes. It is specifically designed forsyringe implantation'which minimizes …
A pulse VCO with tail filter
This paper presents a pulse injected VCO with a tail-filter. The proposed VCO architecture
aims at the high power efficiency while mitigates the potential noise contributors by the tail …
aims at the high power efficiency while mitigates the potential noise contributors by the tail …
A pulse-tail-feedback LC-VCO with 700Hz flicker noise corner and-195dBc FoM
This paper proposes a pulse-tail-feedback VCO, in which the tail transistor is driven using
pulse-shaped voltage signals with rail-to-rail swing. The proposed pulse-tail-feedback …
pulse-shaped voltage signals with rail-to-rail swing. The proposed pulse-tail-feedback …
A 3.9–4.5 GHz class-C VCO with accurate current injection based on capacitive feedback
A Thakkar, S Theertham, P Mirajkar… - 2017 12th European …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A class-C VCO with dual negative feedback architecture is proposed to break the trade-off
between amplitude stability of oscillation and bias current flicker noise. Inherent dynamic …
between amplitude stability of oscillation and bias current flicker noise. Inherent dynamic …
A power-efficient pulse-VCO for chip-scale atomic clock
This paper presents a high power efficient pulse VCO with tail-filter for the chip-scale atomic
clock (CSAC) application. The stringent power and clock stability specifications of next …
clock (CSAC) application. The stringent power and clock stability specifications of next …
An AM-PM noise mitigation technique in class-C VCO
This paper presents a 20GHz Class-C VCO using a noise sensitivity mitigation technique. A
radio frequency Class-C VCO suffers from the AM-PM conversion, caused by the non-linear …
radio frequency Class-C VCO suffers from the AM-PM conversion, caused by the non-linear …
Phase noise analysis of bipolar class-C VCOs with delay in oscillator loop
A Thakkar, S Theertham… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The expression for phase noise of a bipolar class-C voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) with
an ideal delay in the oscillator loop is derived in this paper. The impact of internal device …
an ideal delay in the oscillator loop is derived in this paper. The impact of internal device …