TY - CHAP
T1 - LC-VCO Design Challenges in the Nano-Era
AU - Neves, Mário Fernando da Silva Ventim
AU - Coito, Fernando José Almeida Vieira do
AU - Pereira, Pedro Miguel Ribeiro
AU - Fino, Maria Helena Silva
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - The progressive scaling of CMOS technology towards nanometre sizes has made the implementation of highly integrated systems for the wireless communication systems possible. Additionally, higher speed, lower power consumption and area reduction has been reached. Due to the high-density integration needs, as well as to low cost fabrication, RF applications, such as the LC-voltage controlled oscillator (LC-VCO), are usually implemented in CMOS technology. The complexity of designing LC-VCOs has lead to the development of several design methodologies. This chapter introduces an optimization based methodology for the design of LC-VCOs, where its efficiency is granted by the use of analytical models to characterize the active and passive elements' behaviour.
AB - The progressive scaling of CMOS technology towards nanometre sizes has made the implementation of highly integrated systems for the wireless communication systems possible. Additionally, higher speed, lower power consumption and area reduction has been reached. Due to the high-density integration needs, as well as to low cost fabrication, RF applications, such as the LC-voltage controlled oscillator (LC-VCO), are usually implemented in CMOS technology. The complexity of designing LC-VCOs has lead to the development of several design methodologies. This chapter introduces an optimization based methodology for the design of LC-VCOs, where its efficiency is granted by the use of analytical models to characterize the active and passive elements' behaviour.
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-3-642-36328-3
T3 - Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
SP - 363
EP - 379
BT - Analog/RF and Mixed-Signal Circuit Systematic Design
A2 - Fahkfahk, Mourad
A2 - Tlelo-Cuautle, Esteban
A2 - Castro-Lpoez, Rafael
PB - Springer
CY - Berlin
ER -