Oscillator flicker phase noise: A tutorial

Y Hu, T Siriburanon… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A deep understanding of how to reduce flicker phase noise (PN) in oscillators is critical in
supporting ultra-low PN frequency generation for the advanced communications and other …

Class-C harmonic CMOS VCOs, with a general result on phase noise

A Mazzanti, P Andreani - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A harmonic oscillator topology displaying an improved phase noise performance is
introduced in this paper. Exploiting the advantages yielded by operating the core transistors …

A Fractional-N Sub-Sampling PLL using a Pipelined Phase-Interpolator With an FoM of -250 dB

AT Narayanan, M Katsuragi, K Kimura… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A fractional-N sub-sampling PLL architecture based on pipelined phase-interpolator and
Digital-to-Time-Converter (DTC) is presented in this paper. The combination of pipelined …

[KNIHA][B] RF and microwave transistor oscillator design

A Grebennikov - 2007 - books.google.com
The increase of consumer electronics and communications applications using Radio
Frequency (RF) and microwave circuits has implications for oscillator design. Applications …

Compensation of phase noise in OFDM wireless systems

Q Zou, A Tarighat, AH Sayed - IEEE transactions on signal …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Phase noise causes significant degradation in the performance of orthogonal frequency
division multiplexing (OFDM)-based wireless communication systems. The presence of …

Harmonic oscillators in CMOS—A tutorial overview

P Andreani, A Bevilacqua - IEEE Open Journal of the Solid …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The harmonic oscillator is a truly irreplaceable as well as ubiquitous analog integrated
circuit. Starting from the basics of its CMOS implementation, we will discuss the phase noise …

A 0.2-V energy-harvesting BLE transmitter with a micropower manager achieving 25% system efficiency at 0-dBm output and 5.2-nW sleep power in 28-nm CMOS

S Yang, J Yin, H Yi, WH Yu, PI Mak… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports an ultralow-voltage (ULV) energy-harvesting bluetooth low-energy (BLE)
transmitter (TX). It features: 1) a fully integrated micropower manager (PM) to customize the …

Class-C VCO with amplitude feedback loop for robust start-up and enhanced oscillation swing

W Deng, K Okada, A Matsuzawa - IEEE Journal of Solid-State …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a feedback class-C voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) that has robust start-up
and a large oscillation amplitude. It initially starts oscillating as a conventional cross-coupled …

A 265- W Fractional- Digital PLL With Seamless Automatic Switching Sub-Sampling/Sampling Feedback Path and Duty-Cycled Frequency-Locked Loop in 65 …

H Liu, Z Sun, H Huang, W Deng… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a fractional-N digital phase-locked loop (DPLL) that achieves a 265-
μW ultra-lowpower operation. The proposed switching feedback can seamlessly change the …

An inverse-class-F CMOS oscillator with intrinsic-high-Q first harmonic and second harmonic resonances

CC Lim, H Ramiah, J Yin, PI Mak… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper details the theory and implementation of an inverse-class-F (class-F-1) CMOS
oscillator. It features: 1) a single-ended PMOS-NMOS-complementary architecture to …