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    Analysis and design of oscillators based on low-voltage self-oscillating active inductors


    Szczepkowski, Grzegorz and Farrell, Ronan (2010) Analysis and design of oscillators based on low-voltage self-oscillating active inductors. In: ISSC 2010, June 23–24 2010, UCC, Cork, Ireland.

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    Abstract

    This paper presents a new consistent analysis of self-oscillating active in- ductors together with a complete design example of a 90 nm CMOS current controlled oscillator (CCO) for ISMapplications. Using the proposed passive compensation method in place of a standard negative impedance converter, typical performance of active induc- tor oscillator is achieved with reduced static power consumption. The article presents a small signal, large signal and phase noise analysis of the proposed oscillator together with related design trade-offs. Theoretical results are confirmed by a simulation of cur- rent controlled oscillator designed using UMC 90 nm 1P9M RF process libraries. The proposed circuit achieves a relative tuning range of 26% with a 434 MHz carrier fre- quency and average in band phase noise of -92 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset. The maximum power consumption of the oscillator core is only 2 mW from a 1 V supply.

    Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
    Keywords: Active inductors; negative resistance oscillator; current controlled oscillator; CMOS; RF circuits; LTI phase noise model;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering
    Item ID: 3654
    Depositing User: Ronan Farrell
    Date Deposited: 09 May 2012 11:30
    Refereed: Yes
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      Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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