With the increasing interest in 60 GHz applications, low-cost CMOS circuit solutions emerge. The poor performance of CMOS devices at millimeter wave frequencies complicates the design. In this work, we present two low-area VCOs covering the license-free 60 GHz band, using differential shielded (slow-wave) transmission line inductors. We discuss design and provide compact modeling of these inductors, compatible with stringent metal density rules of scaled CMOS. Measured phase noise below 90 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset is achieved, at a consumption of 3.9 mW at 1 V. The tuning range exceeds 10 %, for a tuning voltage restricted from ground to the supply.
Borremans, J, Dehan, M, Scheir, K, Kuijk, M & Wambacq, P 2008, VCO design for 60 GHz applications using differential shielded inductors in 0.13 μm CMOS. in IEEE RFIC Symposium 15-17 June, 2008. Atlanta, Georgia. pp. 135-138, Finds and Results from the Swedish Cyprus Expedition: A Gender Perspective at the Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden, 21/09/09.
Borremans, J., Dehan, M., Scheir, K., Kuijk, M., & Wambacq, P. (2008). VCO design for 60 GHz applications using differential shielded inductors in 0.13 μm CMOS. In IEEE RFIC Symposium 15-17 June, 2008. Atlanta, Georgia (pp. 135-138)
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title = "VCO design for 60 GHz applications using differential shielded inductors in 0.13 μm CMOS",
abstract = "With the increasing interest in 60 GHz applications, low-cost CMOS circuit solutions emerge. The poor performance of CMOS devices at millimeter wave frequencies complicates the design. In this work, we present two low-area VCOs covering the license-free 60 GHz band, using differential shielded (slow-wave) transmission line inductors. We discuss design and provide compact modeling of these inductors, compatible with stringent metal density rules of scaled CMOS. Measured phase noise below 90 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset is achieved, at a consumption of 3.9 mW at 1 V. The tuning range exceeds 10 %, for a tuning voltage restricted from ground to the supply.",
keywords = "CMOS, VCO, mmWave",
author = "Jonathan Borremans and M. Dehan and Karen Scheir and Maarten Kuijk and Piet Wambacq",
year = "2008",
month = jun,
day = "15",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-4244-1808-4",
pages = "135--138",
booktitle = "IEEE RFIC Symposium 15-17 June, 2008. Atlanta, Georgia",
note = "Finds and Results from the Swedish Cyprus Expedition: A Gender Perspective at the Medelhavsmuseet ; Conference date: 21-09-2009 Through 25-09-2009",
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