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Optimal Design of VCO Using Spiral Inductor  

Kim, Yeong-Seok (Dept. of Electrical Elecronic Computer Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
Park, Jong-Uk (Dept. of Electrical Elecronic Computer Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
Kim, Chi-Won (Dept. of Electrical Elecronic Computer Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
Bae, Gi-Seong (Dept. of Electrical Elecronic Computer Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
Kim, Nam-Su (Dept. of Electrical Elecronic Computer Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
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Abstract
We optimally designed the VCO(voltage-controlled oscillator) with spiral inductor using the MOSIS HP 0.5${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ CMOS process. With the developed SPICE model of spiral inductor, the quality factor of spiral inductor was maximized at the operating frequency by varying the layout parameters, e.g., metal width, number of turns, radius, space of the metal lines. For the operation frequency of 2㎓, the inductance of about 3nH, and the MOSIS HP 0.5 CMOS process with the metal thickness of 0.8${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$, oxide thickness of 3${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$, the optimal width of metal lines is about 20${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ for the maximum Quality factor. With the optimized spiral inductor, the VCO with LC tuning tank was designed, fabricated and measured. The measurements were peformed on-wafer using the HP8593E spectrum analyzer. The oscillation frequency was about 1.610Hz, the frequency variation of 250MHz(15%) with control voltage of 0V - 2V, and the phase noise of -108.4㏈c(@600KHz) from output spectrum.
Keywords
VCO; SPICE;
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