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A Sub-${\mu}$W 22-kHz CMOS Oscillator for Ultra Low Power Radio  

Na, Young-Ho (Department of Wireless Communications Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Kim, Jong-Sik (Department of Wireless Communications Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Kim, Hyun (Department of Wireless Communications Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Shin, Hyun-Chol (Department of Wireless Communications Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
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Abstract
A sub-${\mu}$W CMOS Wien-Bridge oscillator for ultra low power (ULP) radio applications is presented. The Wien-Bridge oscillator is based on an non-inverting opamp amplifier with a closed-loop gain $1+R_2/R_1$ as a means of providing necessary loop gain. An additional RC network provides appropriate phase shift for satisfying the Barkhausen oscillation condition at the given frequency of 1/($2{\pi}RC$). In this design, we propose a novel loop gain control method based on a variable capacitor network instead of a rather conventional variable resistor network. Implemented in $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS, the oscillator consumes only 560 nA at the oscillation frequency of 22 kHz.
Keywords
ULP; Wien-Bridge; Wake-up; Oscillator;
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