Low phase noise microwave oscillator with greater than 60 dB second‐harmonic suppression

Low Phase Noise Voltage - Controlled Oscillator

PHASE NOISE SUPPRESSION TECHNIQUES FOR 5-6GHZ OSCILLATOR DESIGN By

by Yang Zhang, M.S. Washington State University December 2007 Chair: Deukhyoun Heo This thesis presents novel designs of low-phase-noise 0.18μm CMOS LC voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and quadrature VCO (QVCO) for 5-6GHz wireless communications applications. Using a new capacitor tapping technique, the phase noise of CMOS LC oscillators is lowered based on the improvement of loaded-Q improv...

A Low Power Low Phase Noise Oscillator for MICS Transceivers

A low-power, low-phase-noise quadrature oscillator for Medical Implantable Communications Service (MICS) transceivers is presented. The proposed quadrature oscillator generates 349~689 MHz I/Q (In-phase and Quadrature) signals covering the MICS band. The oscillator is based on a differential pair with positive feedback. Each delay cell consists of a few transistors enabling lower voltage operat...

A Low Power Low Phase Noise Lc Voltage- Controlled Oscillator

A low phase noise CMOS complementary cross-coupled LC-tank voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), implemented with TSMC 0.18μm 1P6M CMOS technology, is presented. Double pair pseudoresistance transistors biased by the tapped center of the inductor are utilized to reduce the DC bias current. The circuit consumes 1.55 mA from a 1.5 V supply voltage which saves up to 52.4% power, compared with the c...

Wide-bandwidth 25-dB amplitude noise suppression in a pump-and-signal-resonant optical parametric oscillator.

We present a pump-and-signal-resonant optical parametric oscillator that provides 25 dB of amplitude noise suppression of the transmitted pump beam from dc to 20 kHz. The upper frequency range of the optical limiter increases as the pump power is increased, up to 1 MHz with 580 mW of input power. The amount of noise suppression is limited by pump-depletion effects. The upper frequency range is ...