Optimization-Based Design of RF-VCOs with Tapered Inductors

Optimization-Based Design of RF-VCOs with Tapered Inductors

Pedro Pereira (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal), Fábio Passos (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal) and M. Helena Fino (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 24
ISSN: 2327-039X|EISSN: 2327-0403|ISBN13: 9781466666276|ISBN10: 1466666277|EISBN13: 9781466666283
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6627-6.ch006
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Pereira, Pedro, Fábio Passos and M. Helena Fino. "Optimization-Based Design of RF-VCOs with Tapered Inductors." Performance Optimization Techniques in Analog, Mixed-Signal, and Radio-Frequency Circuit Design. IGI Global, 2015. 134-157. Web. 27 Mar. 2020. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-6627-6.ch006

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Pereira, P., Passos, F., & Fino, M. H. (2015). Optimization-Based Design of RF-VCOs with Tapered Inductors. In M. Fakhfakh, E. Tlelo-Cuautle, & M. Fino (Eds.), Performance Optimization Techniques in Analog, Mixed-Signal, and Radio-Frequency Circuit Design (pp. 134-157). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-6627-6.ch006

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Pereira, Pedro, Fábio Passos and M. Helena Fino. "Optimization-Based Design of RF-VCOs with Tapered Inductors." In Performance Optimization Techniques in Analog, Mixed-Signal, and Radio-Frequency Circuit Design, ed. Mourad Fakhfakh, Esteban Tlelo-Cuautle and Maria Helena Fino, 134-157 (2015), accessed March 27, 2020. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-6627-6.ch006

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Abstract

Voltage-Controlled Oscillators (VCOs) are widely used in wireless transceivers. Due to the stringent specifications regarding phase-noise, LC-VCOs are usually adopted. The need for maximizing phase-noise as well as minimizing the power consumption makes imperious the adoption of optimization-based design methodologies. For the optimization of the LC-VCO characteristics, special attention must be paid to the integrated inductor design, since its quality factor may have a strong influence in the LC-VCO phase-noise. Furthermore, designers must ensure that the higher limit of VCO operating frequency is sufficiently below the inductor resonant frequency. In this chapter, a study on the influence of the quality factor of the inductors on the LC-VCO overall behavior is presented. Then, optimization of integrated inductors by exploring the inductor geometric layout is presented. Finally, results obtained for the design of an LC-VCO in 130nm Technology using a previously optimized inductor are presented.

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