• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.81-91
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 고품질 본드와이어 집적 트랜스포머를 제안하고 제작하였다. 본드와이어 트랜스포머는 본드와이어의 넓은 단면적으로 인하여 도체손실이 작으며 수직적인 구조로 인해 기판효과를 감소시킬 수 있으므로 적은 기생 캐패시턴스 값을 갖는다 또한 자동화된 와이어 본딩장비로 쉽게 제작 가능하다. 제작된 본드와이어 트랜스포머의 전기적 특성을 나선형 트랜스포머 비교하였다. 고품질 본드와이어 집적 트랜스포머는 RFIC와 MMIC의 MIXER, 평형 증폭기, VCO, LNA등 다양한 회로에 적용되어 전체 성능향상에 기여할것으로 기대된다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.49-55
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• 2002

This paper presents high performance MEMS passives using fully CMOS compatible, monolithically integrable 3-D RF MEMS processes for RF and microwave applications. The 3-D RF MEMS technology has been developed and investigated as a viable technological option, which can break the limit of the conventional IC technology. We have demonstrated the versatility of the technology by fabricating various 3-D thick-metal microstructures for RF and microwave applications, such as spiral/solenoid inductors, transformers, and transmission lines, with a vertical dimension of up to $100{\;}\mu\textrm{m}$. To the best of our knowledge, we report that we are the first to construct a fully integrated VCO with MEMS inductors, which has achieved a low phase noise of -124 dBc/Hz at 300 kHz offset from a center frequency of 1 GHz.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2003년도 통신소사이어티 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.32-36
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• 2003

In this work, we have designed a fully integrated 2.4GHz LC-tuned voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) with multiple tuning inputs for a 0.25-$\mu\textrm{m}$ standard CMOS process. The design of voltage-controlled oscillator is based on an LC-resonator with a spiral inductor of octagonal type and pMOS-varactors. Only two metal layer have been used in the designed inductor. The frequency tuning is achieved by using parallel pMOS transistors as varactors and back-gate tuned pMOS transistors in an active region. Coarse tuning is achieved by using 3-bit pMOS-varactors and fine tuning is performed by using back-gate tuned pMOS transistors in the active region. When 3-bit digital and analog inputs are applied to the designed circuits, voltage-controlled oscillator shows the tuning feature of frequency range between 2.3 GHz and 2.64 GHz. At the power supply voltage of 2.5 V, phase noise is -128dBc/Hz at 3MHz offset from the carrier. Total power dissipation is 7.5 mW.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.325-331
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 0.25$\mu\textrm{m}$ 1-poly 5-metal CMOS n-well 공정 을 이 용하여 나선형 인덕터와 블루투스 수신기에 응용할 수 있는 전압제어 발진기를 제안하였다. 제안된 인덕터는다층 메탈을 이용하여 인덕터의 저항 성분을 감소시켜 블루투스 주파수 대역에서 Q값을 향상시켰다 또한 Q값이 향상된 나선형 인덕터를 이용하여 부성저항 전압제어 발진기를 설계하였다. 설계된 부성저항 발진기의 시뮬레이션 결과는 외부의 커패시턴스가 2pF에서 14pF:까지 변화할 때 발진 주파수대역은 2.33GHz에서 2.58GHz이고, 발진 출력은 0dBm 이상이었다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제59권12호
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• pp.2273-2277
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• 2010

In this paper a 2.4GHz CMOS colpitts type microwave oscillator was designed and fabricated using H-spice and Cadence Spetre. There are 140MHz difference between the oscillation frequency and the resonance frequency of a tank circuit of the designed oscillator. The difference is seemed to be due to the parasitic component of the transistor. The inductors used in this design are the spiral inductors proposed in other papers. Cascode current source was used as a bias circuit of a oscillator and the output transistor of the current source is used as the oscillation transistor. A common drain buffer amplifier was used at the output of the oscillator. The measured oscillation frequency and output power of the oscillator are 2.173GHz and -5.53dBm.