A 4.7-to-6.4GHz VCO is designed in 45nm bulk CMOS using an Above-IC inductor on top of the active circuitry, yielding 28% area reduction. The inductor is shielded from the circuitry, using the top metal layers of the CMOS back-end, which enables the proposed 3D integration for low-cost performance extension. The fully integrated VCO consumes just 400uW, achieves a FoM of 185dB, and occupies and area of only 0.12mm2.
Borremans, J, Carchon, G, Wambacq, P, Kuijk, M & Decoutere, S 2008, A 400uW, 4.7-6.4GHz 45nm CMOS VCO with active area underneath its Above-IC Inductor. in 2008 Proceedings 58th Electronic Components and Technology Conference. Elect Components, Assemblies & Mat Assoc; Elect In edn, IEEE, pp. 164-168, 2008 IEEE 58th Electronic Components and Technology Conference, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States, 27/05/08.
Borremans, J., Carchon, G., Wambacq, P., Kuijk, M., & Decoutere, S. (2008). A 400uW, 4.7-6.4GHz 45nm CMOS VCO with active area underneath its Above-IC Inductor. In 2008 Proceedings 58th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (Elect Components, Assemblies & Mat Assoc; Elect In ed., pp. 164-168). IEEE.
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title = "A 400uW, 4.7-6.4GHz 45nm CMOS VCO with active area underneath its Above-IC Inductor",
abstract = "A 4.7-to-6.4GHz VCO is designed in 45nm bulk CMOS using an Above-IC inductor on top of the active circuitry, yielding 28% area reduction. The inductor is shielded from the circuitry, using the top metal layers of the CMOS back-end, which enables the proposed 3D integration for low-cost performance extension. The fully integrated VCO consumes just 400uW, achieves a FoM of 185dB, and occupies and area of only 0.12mm2.",
keywords = "CMOS, VCO",
author = "Jonathan Borremans and G. Carchon and Piet Wambacq and Maarten Kuijk and S. Decoutere",
year = "2008",
month = may,
day = "1",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-4244-2230-2",
pages = "164--168",
booktitle = "2008 Proceedings 58th Electronic Components and Technology Conference",
publisher = "IEEE",
edition = "Elect Components, Assemblies & Mat Assoc; Elect In",
note = "2008 IEEE 58th Electronic Components and Technology Conference, ECTC 2008 ; Conference date: 27-05-2008 Through 30-05-2008",
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