Journal article
A low-noise, low-power VCO with automatic amplitude control for wireless applications
Abstract
Voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs) used in portable wireless communications applications, such as cellular telephony, are required to achieve low phase-noise levels while consuming minimal power. This paper presents the design challenges of a VCO with automatic amplitude control, which operates in the 300 MHz to 1.2 GHz frequency range using different external resonators. The VCO phase noise level is -106 dBc/Hz at 100-KHz offset from an …
Authors
Margarit MA; Tham JL; Meyer RG; Deen MJ
Journal
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 34, No. 6, pp. 761–771
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Publication Date
June 1999
DOI
10.1109/4.766810
ISSN
0018-9200