Magnetic-Tuning Millimeter-Wave CMOS Oscillators (Invited Paper)

Xiaolong Liu; Zhiqiang Huang; Jun Yin; Howard C. Luong

doi:10.1109/CICC.2019.8780120

Magnetic-Tuning Millimeter-Wave CMOS Oscillators (Invited Paper)

Xiaolong Liu, Zhiqiang Huang, Jun Yin, Howard C. Luong

Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

This paper demonstrates that magnetic tuning can be employed either as coarse tuning or fine tuning or both for mm-Wave fundamental oscillators to achieve ultra-wide frequency tuning range and low phase noise. Firstly, a multimode VCO with a tuning range of 41.1% from 57.5 GHz to 90.1 GHz with phase noise of-111.8 dBc/Hz at 10-MHz offset and FoM_T of-192.2 d Bc/Hz is discussed. Secondly, a dual-band varactor-less DB-VCO with 14.3% tuning range from 95.7 GHz to 110.5 GHz and-106.9 dBc/Hz phase noise at 10-MHz offset is presented together with a quad-band varactor-less QB-VCO achieving a tuning range of 32% from 58.8 GHz to 81.2 GHz and phase noise of-115.8 dBc/Hz at 10-MHz offset and FoM_T of 192.4 dBc/Hz. Finally, a 95-GHz DCO provides a tuning range of 27% is demonstrated. It achieves a phase noise of-110 dBc/Hz at 10-MHz offset and FoM_T of-186.1 dBc/Hz.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC 2019
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538693957
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CICC.2019.8780120
Publication status	Published - Apr 2019
Event	40th Annual IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC 2019 - Austin, United States Duration: 14 Apr 2019 → 17 Apr 2019

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Name	Proceedings of the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference
Volume	2019-April
ISSN (Print)	0886-5930

Conference

Conference	40th Annual IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	14/04/19 → 17/04/19

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.

Keywords

CMOS
DCO
VCO
magnetic tuning
mm-Wave
phase noise
tank Q
transformer
tuning range
varactor-less

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Liu, X., Huang, Z., Yin, J., & Luong, H. C. (2019). Magnetic-Tuning Millimeter-Wave CMOS Oscillators (Invited Paper). In 2019 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC 2019 Article 8780120 (Proceedings of the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference; Vol. 2019-April). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/CICC.2019.8780120

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Liu, X, Huang, Z, Yin, J & Luong, HC 2019, Magnetic-Tuning Millimeter-Wave CMOS Oscillators (Invited Paper). in 2019 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC 2019., 8780120, Proceedings of the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, vol. 2019-April, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 40th Annual IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC 2019, Austin, United States, 14/04/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/CICC.2019.8780120

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2019 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. 8780120 (Proceedings of the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference; Vol. 2019-April).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference Proceeding/Report › Conference Paper published in a book › peer-review

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