We have observed the coherent exchange of a single energy quantum between a flux qubit and a superconducting LC circuit acting as a quantum harmonic oscillator. The exchange of an energy quantum is known as the vacuum Rabi oscillation: the qubit is oscillating between the excited state and the ground state and the oscillator between the vacuum state and the first excited state. We also show tha...

We have realized an innovative integrated detector for electron spin resonance spectroscopy. The microsystem, consisting of an LC oscillator, a mixer, and a frequency division module, is integrated onto a single silicon chip using a conventional complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology. The implemented detection method is based on the measurement of the variation of the frequency of t...

A CMOS harmonic signal LC oscillator driver for automotive applications working in a harsh environment with high safety critical requirements is described. The driver can be used with a wide range of external components parameters (LC resonance network of a sensor). Quality factor of the external LC network can vary two decades. Amplitude regulation of the driver is digitally controlled and the...

A modified inductance-capacitance voltage controlled oscillator (LC-VCO) topology is presented in this paper. NMOS only varactor has been used instead of variable capacitance. The frequency of oscillation of the VCO is 7.68GHz with a power dissipation of 5.68mW. The designed oscillator is characterized by a tuning range of 26.73%. Compared to the reference circuit, there is an improvement in fr...

The first section describes components for UWB radar sensors and communication systems, namely antennas and integrated circuits. Novel broadband antenna concepts for UWB radar and communication applications are presented. Symmetrical UWB antenna structures for free space propagation with improved performance compared to existing antennas regarding radiation pattern stability over frequency are ...

This paper presents the simulation analysis of a 2.4 GHz Quadrature Voltage Controlled Oscillator (QVCO), for low-power, low-voltage applications. Cross coupled LC VCO (Inductor-Capacitor Voltage Controlled Oscillator) topology is utilized to realize QVCO. With the passive coupling achieved from the MOS transistors, power consumption is minimized while maintaining a small chip area. The variabl...

Abstract—This paper proposes for the first time symbolic formula of the power spectrum of CMOS Cross Couple Oscillator and its modified circuit. Many principles existed to derived power spectrum in microwave textbook such as impedance, admittance parameters, ABCD, H parameters, etc. It can be compared by graph of power spectrum which methodology is the best from the point of view of practical m...

Interpretation of phase-noise generating mechanism in oscillators relies on approximate and numerical calculations for analysis, and simulation tools for synthesis. In this paper, a comprehensive, yet intuitive, phase-noise model is derived as a function of oscillator circuit parameters, suiting both analysis and synthesis of oscillators. Contributions of all noise sources to the phase noise of...

In this paper we analyze the quantum uncertainties and the photon statistics in the interaction between the two modes of radiation by treating them as coupled harmonic oscillator with the motivation of controlling quantum properties of one light beam by another. Under the rotating wave approximation (RWA) we show that if initially one of the modes is coherent and the other one squeezed, then th...

A self-correcting quadrature voltage controlled oscillator (QVCO) with phase correcting loop is proposed. It comprises the QVCO core and phase correcting loop, which corrects the quadrature phase error. Two LC VCOs, buffers, and phase shifters are coupled in circular configuration to achieve IQ symmetry. This paper introduces the idea of realizing QVCO with low phase noise and accurate quadratu...