Linear CMOS -VCO Based on Triple-Coupled Inductors and Its Application to 40-GHz Phase-Locked Loop

Z Chen, M Wang, JX Chen, WF Liang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A linear CMOS voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) utilizing triple-coupled inductors and a 40-
GHz integer-N phase-locked loop (PLL) are fabricated in a standard 90-nm CMOS process …

A 0.5 V 5.96-GHz PLL with amplitude-regulated current-reuse VCO

S Ikeda, S Lee, H Ito, N Ishihara… - IEEE Microwave and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter proposes an ultralow-power 5.96-GHz phase-locked loop (PLL) with a current-
reuse VCO under low supply voltage of 0.5 V. While the current-reuse VCO can achieve …

A 104-GHz phase-locked loop using a VCO at second pole frequency

KH Tsai, SI Liu - IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design and implementation of a high-speed voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) in 65-
nm CMOS technology is presented. The proposed VCO oscillates at the secondary resonant …

A Phase-Locked Loop With Injection-Locked Frequency Multiplier in 0.18- CMOS for -Band Applications

CY Wu, MC Chen, YK Lo - IEEE transactions on microwave …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a novel CMOS phase-locked loop (PLL) integrated with an injection-locked
frequency multiplier (ILFM) that generates the V-band output signal is proposed. Since the …

A 5-GHz CMOS Type-II PLL With Low and Extended Fine-Tuning Range

SP Bruss, RR Spencer - IEEE transactions on microwave …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A 5-GHz dual-path integer-N Type-II phase-locked loop (PLL) uses an LC voltage-controlled
oscillator and softly switched varactors in an overlapped digitally controlled integral path to …

Integration of current-reused VCO and frequency tripler for 24-GHz low-power phase-locked loop applications

PK Tsai, TH Huang - … Transactions on Circuits and Systems II …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This brief presents the integration of an 8-GHz voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) and a
frequency tripler for 24-GHz local oscillator generation. By stacking the VCO and the tripler …

Dual-Path VCO Design With Partitioned Coarse-Tuning Control in 65 nm CMOS

Y Sun, X Yu, W Rhee, S Ko, W Choo… - IEEE microwave and …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter describes a dual-path LC voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) design that reduces
both coarse-tuning and fine-tuning sensitivities. By using a combination of discrete and …

A 60 GHz-standard compatible programmable 50 GHz phase-locked loop in 90 nm CMOS

F Barale, P Sen, S Sarkar, S Pinel… - IEEE Microwave and …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents, for the first time, a 60 GHz four-channel standard compatible heterodyne
frequency synthesizer solution with low-cost reference signal. The presented PLL features a …

A transformer-based dual-coupled triple-mode CMOS LC-VCO

X Yu, A El-Gouhary, NM Neihart - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces a transformer-based, dual-coupled, triple-mode voltage-controlled
oscillator (VCO) using a transformer-based fourth-order tank with tunable transconductance …

A W-band low-noise PLL with a fundamental VCO in SiGe for millimeter-wave applications

S Kang, JC Chien, AM Niknejad - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A W-band fundamental phase-locked loop (PLL) is designed and fully integrated to achieve
high output power and low noise in a 0.13-μm SiGe BiCMOS process. A PLL with a …