Title | A quad-core 15GHz BiCMOS VCO with -124dBc/Hz phase noise at 1MHz offset, -189dBc/Hz FOM, and robust to multimode concurrent oscillations |
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 2018 |
Authors | Padovan, F, Quadrelli, F, Bassi, M, Tiebout, M, Bevilacqua, A |
Conference Name | 2018 IEEE International Solid - State Circuits Conference - (ISSCC) |
Date Published | Feb |
Keywords | 1/f noise, BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits, bipolar MMIC, bipolar transistors, circuit tuning, coupling network, Couplings, figure-of-merit, frequency 15.0 GHz, higher-Q passives, larger oscillation amplitudes, local oscillators, minimum phase noise, MMIC oscillators, multimode concurrent oscillations, multitone concurrent oscillations, N oscillators, next-generation communication, phase noise, quad-core BiCMOS VCO, quad-core bipolar VCO, radar systems, resistivity substrate, Robustness, single voltage-controlled oscillator, supply voltage, symbol constellations, Temperature measurement, Tuning, ultra-scaled CMOS, voltage-controlled oscillators |
DOI | 10.1109/ISSCC.2018.8310341 |