A general theory of phase noise in electrical oscillators

A Hajimiri, TH Lee - IEEE journal of solid-state circuits, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A general model is introduced which is capable of making accurate, quantitative predictions
about the phase noise of different types of electrical oscillators by acknowledging the true …

Physical processes of phase noise in differential LC oscillators

JJ Rael, AA Abidi - Proceedings of the IEEE 2000 Custom …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There is an unprecedented interest among circuit designers today to obtain insight into the
mechanisms of phase noise in LC oscillators. For only with this insight is it possible to …

On the use of MOS varactors in RF VCOs

P Andreani, S Mattisson - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents two 1.8 GHz CMOS voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), tuned by an
inversion-mode MOS varactor and an accumulation-mode MOS varactor, respectively. Both …

A 1.8-GHz low-phase-noise CMOS VCO using optimized hollow spiral inductors

J Craninckx, MSJ Steyaert - IEEE Journal of solid-state circuits, 1997 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A completely integrated 1.8-GHz low-phase-noise voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) has
been realized in a standard silicon digital CMOS process. The design relies heavily on the …

An integrated CMOS micromechanical resonator high-Q oscillator

CTC Nguyen, RT Howe - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 1999 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A completely monolithic high-Q oscillator, fabricated via a combined CMOS plus surface
micromachining technology, is described, for which the oscillation frequency is controlled by …

A 1.8-GHz LC VCO with 1.3-GHz tuning range and digital amplitude calibration

AD Berny, AM Niknejad… - IEEE journal of solid-state …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A 1.8-GHz LC VCO designed in a 0.18-/spl mu/m CMOS process achieves a very wide
tuning range of 73% and measured phase noise of-123.5 dBc/Hz at a 600-kHz offset from a …

Integrated GHz voltage controlled oscillators

P Kinget - Analog Circuit Design: (X) DSL and other …, 1999 - Springer
The voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is a critical sub-block in communications
transceivers. The role of the VCO in a transceiver and the VCO requirements are first …

[BOOK][B] Sinusoidal oscillators and waveform generators using modern electronic circuit building blocks

R Senani, DR Bhaskar, VK Singh, RK Sharma - 2016 - Springer
Sinusoidal oscillators and waveform generators have numerous applications in electronics,
instrumentation, measurement, communications, control systems, and signal processing …

[BOOK][B] The VLSI handbook

WK Chen - 1999 - taylorfrancis.com
Over the years, the fundamentals of VLSI technology have evolved to include a wide range
of topics and a broad range of practices. To encompass such a vast amount of knowledge …

A 1.75-GHz/3-V dual-modulus divide-by-128/129 prescaler in 0.7-/spl mu/m CMOS

J Craninckx, MSJ Steyaert - IEEE journal of solid-state circuits, 1996 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A dual-modulus divide-by-128/129 prescaler has been developed in a 0.7-/spl mu/m CMOS
technology. A new circuit technique enables the limitation of the high-speed section of the …