Analysis and Implementation of an Ultra-Wide Tuning Range CMOS Ring-VCO With Inductor Peaking

Peter Wilson; Ke Li; Fan Meng; Graham Reed

doi:10.1109/LMWC.2016.2629968

Analysis and Implementation of an Ultra-Wide Tuning Range CMOS Ring-VCO With Inductor Peaking

Peter Wilson, Ke Li, Fan Meng, Graham Reed

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A novel ring voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) topology is proposed which uses monolithic inductors as a peaking load. Four design examples have been fabricated and tested to verify the proposed circuit structure. The highest measured oscillation frequency is 25.07 GHz, with a tuning range of more than four octaves, and the active area is 0.0085 mm2. The design has the highest combined frequency and tuning range with the best figure of merit (≈ 195) comparable to previously published work.

Original language	English
Article number	7769195
Pages (from-to)	49-51
Journal	IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
Volume	27
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWC.2016.2629968
Publication status	Published - 5 Dec 2016

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