Tu3B: Next-Generation CMOS Oscillators for RF and mm-Wave

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Tue 9 Jun | 13:30 - 15:10
Room: 254AB
Andrea Bevilacqua
Università di Padova
Kimia T. Ansari
Danger Devices
The papers in the seesion present advanced CMOS VCO architectures achieving wide tuning ranges and state-of-the-art phase noise. Innovations include multi-tap inductors for flicker suppression, harmonic-phase tuning via transformer-based impedance control, balanced inverse-class-F operation, multiphase class-B coupling, and dual-mode series-resonance techniques, delivering high FoM across GHz frequencies with competitive power efficiency.
13:30 - 13:50
Tu3B-1 A Transformer-Based Inverse-Class-F-Like VCO with a Digitally Controlled Common-Mode Impedance Tuner
ABSTRACT
Hyunjoon Kim, Donghyeon Seong, Seungwoo Shim, Sanggeun Jeon
Korea Univ.
13:50 - 14:10
Tu3B-2 A 5.56–9.09GHz Octa-Core Dual-Mode DCO Based on Multi-Tap Three-Turn Inductor Achieving 195.7dBc/Hz FoM and Wideband Flicker PN Suppression
ABSTRACT
Jiexi Weng, Liangqi Dong, Yuhao Yang, Guanjun Liu, Liheng Lou, Robert Bogdan Staszewski, Yizhe Hu
USTC, Univ. College Dublin
14:10 - 14:30
Tu3B-3 A 7.0-to-8.6 GHz Balanced Class-F-1 VCO with a Trifilar Transformer-Based Tank Achieving 194.5dBc/Hz FoM
ABSTRACT
Yunbo Huang, Zunsong Yang, Kai Cheng, Hongyu Ren, Xiaoyu Shan, Li Wang, Yong Chen, Bo Li
CAS, Tsinghua Univ.
14:30 - 14:50
Tu3B-4 Harmonically Coupled Current-Sharing 4-Phase and 6-Phase Oscillators in 65-nm CMOS
ABSTRACT
Bahram Jafari, Samad Sheikhaei, Sankaran Aniruddhan, Shahriar Mirabbasi, Sudip Shekhar
Univ. of British Columbia, Univ. of Tehran, IIT Madras
14:50 - 15:10
Tu3B-5 A 10.66-to-15.03GHz Dual-Core Dual-Mode Series Resonance VCO Achieving 209dBc/Hz FoMTA
ABSTRACT
Yichen Liu, Zhenbo Rao, Yan Wang
Tsinghua Univ.