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A Design of 40GHz CMOS VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) for High Speed Communication System

고속 통신 시스템을 위한 40GHz CMOS 전압 제어 발진기의 설계

  • Lee, Jongsuk (School of Electronic Engineering, Soongsil University) ;
  • Moon, Yong (School of Electronic Engineering, Soongsil University)
  • 이종석 (숭실대학교 정보통신전자공학부) ;
  • 문용 (숭실대학교 정보통신전자공학부)
  • Received : 2013.11.08
  • Published : 2014.03.25
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Abstract

For an high speed communication, a 40GHz VCO was implemented using a 0.11um standard CMOS technology. The mm-wave VCO was designed by a LC type using a spiral inductor, and a simplified architecture with buffers and a smart biasing technique were used to get a high performance. The frequency range of the proposed VCO is 34~40GHz which is suitable for mm-Wave communication system. It has an output power of -16dBm and 16% tuning range. And the phase noise is -100.33dBc/Hz at 1MHz offset at 38GHz fundamental frequency. The total power consumption of VCO including PADs is 16.8mW with 1.2V supply voltage. The VCO achieves the FOMT of -183.8dBc/Hz which is better than previous VOCs.

고속 통신을 위해서 0.11um CMOS 공정을 사용하여 40GHz 전압 제어 발진기 (VCO : Voltage Controlled Oscillatior)를 제작했다. 밀리미터 웨이브 대역에서 동작하는 VCO는 높은 성능을 얻기 위하여 스마트 바이어스 테크닉을 사용하였고 스파이럴 형태의 인덕터와 출력버퍼를 추가하여 LC형 구조로 설계했다. 제안하는 VCO의 동작범위는 34~40GHz이며, 이 주파수 대역은 밀리미터 웨이브 통신 시스템에 적합하다. VCO의 측정결과 -16dBm의 출력파워와 16%의 동작범위, 38GHz 중심주파수에서 -100.33dBc/Hz(@1MHz)의 위상잡음을 갖는다. 또한 1.2V 전원에서 PAD를 포함한 전체 소모전력은 16.8mW이다. VCO의 성능을 비교할 수 있는 FOMT의 값은 -183.3dBc/Hz로 이전의 VCO에 비해 우수한 성능을 확인했다.

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