A V-band CMOS Sextuple Sub-harmonically Injection-locked VCO using Transformer and Cascade-series Coupling with FTL

Wei Cheng Chen; Hong Yeh Chang

doi:10.1109/IMS37964.2023.10188166

A V-band CMOS Sextuple Sub-harmonically Injection-locked VCO using Transformer and Cascade-series Coupling with FTL

Wei Cheng Chen, Hong Yeh Chang

Department of Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

In this paper, a V-band sextuple sub-harmonically injection-locked voltage-controlled oscillator (SILVCO) with frequency-tracking loop (FTL) is proposed using a 90-nm CMOS process. To achieve high power with good efficient, a current-reused transformer-coupled topology is utilized. An innovative cascade-series coupling is proposed to employ in the oscillator core to highly widen locking range with a sub-harmonic injection number of up to 6. The control voltage of the SILVCO is adaptively aligned using FTL to resist the variations. The measured locking range is from 50.8 to 53.4 GHz with an output power of 0 dBm. The measured phase noise at 1-MHz offset and the rms jitter integrated from 1 kHz to 10 MHz are -109.6 dBc/Hz and 43 fs, respectively. This work features high-order subharmonic injection, compact size, and low phase noise.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2023
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	65-68
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350347647
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS37964.2023.10188166
State	Published - 2023
Event	2023 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2023 - San Diego, United States Duration: 11 Jun 2023 → 16 Jun 2023

Publication series

Name	IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest
Volume	2023-June
ISSN (Print)	0149-645X

Conference

Conference	2023 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego
Period	11/06/23 → 16/06/23

Keywords

CMOS
frequency-locked loop
low phase noise
millimeter-wave
RFIC
voltage-controlled oscillator

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Chen, W. C., & Chang, H. Y. (2023). A V-band CMOS Sextuple Sub-harmonically Injection-locked VCO using Transformer and Cascade-series Coupling with FTL. In 2023 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2023 (pp. 65-68). (IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest; Vol. 2023-June). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS37964.2023.10188166

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Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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