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 …

A 3.3-mW 25.2-to-29.4-GHz current-reuse VCO using a single-turn multi-tap inductor and differential-only switched-capacitor arrays with a 187.6-dBc/Hz FOM

Y Huang, Y Chen, H Guo, PI Mak… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A millimeter-wave current-reuse voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) features a single-turn
multi-tap inductor and two separate differential-only switched-capacitor arrays to improve the …

On the phase noise performance of transformer-based CMOS differential-pair harmonic oscillators

A Mazzanti, A Bevilacqua - … on Circuits and Systems I: Regular …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The white noise to phase noise conversion of one-and two-port CMOS differential-pair
harmonic oscillators with transformer-based resonators is addressed in this paper. First, the …

Terahertz signal source and receiver operating near 600 GHz and their 3-D imaging application

J Kim, D Yoon, H Son, D Kim, J Yoo… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a set of oscillators and a heterodyne image receiver operating near 600 GHz
have been developed, each based on a 250-nm InP heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) …

A noise circulating oscillator

F Wang, H Wang - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a noise circulating crosscoupled voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO)
topology with a transformer-based tank. The introduced noise circulating active core greatly …

A wide tuning range dual-core quad-mode orthogonal-coupled VCO with concurrently dual-output using parallel 8-shaped resonator

S Sun, W Deng, H Jia, R Wu, C Li… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a dual-core quad-mode orthogonal-coupled wide frequency tuning
range voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) using mode control switches to realize the …

Tuning range extension of a transformer-based oscillator through common-mode Colpitts resonance

M Shahmohammadi, M Babaie… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a method to broaden a tuning range of a CMOS LC-tank oscillator
without sacrificing its area. The extra tuning range is achieved by forcing a strongly coupled …

A Reconfigurable Injection-Locked LO Generator With a Wideband-Harmonic-Shaping Class-F23 VCO for Multibands 5G mm-Wave

Z Wang, K Ma, Z Ma, H Shi, H Fu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A reconfigurable injection-locked local oscillator (RE-ILO) generator that leverages a
multitanks wideband-harmonic-shaping Class-F23 voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), a RE …

Utilization of Multi-Resonant Defected Ground Structure Resonators in the Oscillator Feedback for Phase Noise Reduction of K-Band VCOs in 0.18- m CMOS …

N Jahan, C Baichuan, A Barakat… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work proposes a new theory to reduce the phase noise of K-band Voltage-Controlled
Oscillators (VCOs) in Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) process by …

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 …