A Dual-band LC Oscillator Based on Mode Switching
- 詳細技術說明
- A dual-band LC oscillator was developed at Cornell that demonstrates the first ideally-coupled structure and achieves band switching without impairing phase noise performance.
- *Abstract
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A dual-band LC oscillator was developed at Cornell that demonstrates the first ideally-coupled structure and achieves band switching without impairing phase noise performance. This invention addresses a major challenge in wireless design by covering a wide frequency spectrum while still meeting stringent phase noise requirements. The dual-band oscillator achieves the same phase-noise figure-of-merit (FoM), 3 dBc/Hz lower phase noise, and twice the tuning range as a single-band LC oscillator that uses the same inductor and active core, based on analysis and verified by prototype measurements in a 0.13 µm CMOS process.
Potential Commercial Applications:
- Low-phase-noise applications, e.g. multi-mode communication terminals, clock-data-recovery (CDR) circuits, software-defined radios, etc.
Advantages:
- Generates multi-frequency resonant signals at low phase-noise
- Maintains quality factor
- CMOS compatible
- *Licensing
- Martin Teschlmt439@cornell.edu(607) 254-4454
- 其他
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Patent application: WO/2012/054826
Li, G.; Afshari, E., "A Distributed Dual-Band LC Oscillator Based on Mode Switching," Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on, vol.59, no.1, pp.99-107, Jan. 2011
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