TY - EJOUR
AU - Katebi, Mostafa
AU - Nasri, Abbas
AU - Toofan, Siroos
PY - 2024
DA - February
TI - A Wide Tuning Range and Low Phase Noise VCO using New Capacitor Bank Structure
T2 - Majlesi Journal of Electrical Engineering
VL - 12
L1 - https://old.oiccpress.com/Majlesi-Journal-of-Electrical-Engineering/article/a-wide-tuning-range-and-low-phase-noise-vco-using-new-capacitor-bank-structure/
N2 - This paper presents a wide tuning range, and low noise voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) based on cross-coupled and colpitts structures. The advantages of this work provide a low-phase noise and robust start-up condition, leading to minimized the dc power. In addition, a new structure of capacitor bank is used in this structure to achieve a wide range of frequency. The proposed circuit is simulated in 0.18 µm CMOS process. The designed VCO covers the frequency range of 21.95 GHz to 24 GHz with a tuning range of 8.9%. Simulation results show that the phase noise is -120.5 dBc/Hz at 1MHz offset frequency for 23GHz carrier frequency.  Also, power consume of the VCO is 6.34 mW under 1.8 supply voltage, and the figure-of-merit is -191.68 dBc/Hz.
IS - 4
PB - OICC Press
KW - Capacitor Bank, low noise, wide tuning., Voltage controlled oscillator, VCO 
EN -