Design and analysis of a K-band wideband voltage-controlled oscillator with robust start-up and frequency boost

• Main Authors: Sun, Junyi, Boon, Chirn Chye, Yi, Xiang, Lim, Wei Meng, Meng, Fanyi
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Wideband; Start-up; Evenly distributed auxiliary cross-coupled pairs; K-band; CMOS VCO
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82928; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40369
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study presents a K-band differential voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) with robust start-up. A hybrid technique that combines open-loop digitally controlled tail current with switchable auxiliary cross-coupled pairs (ACCPs) is proposed to ensure robust start-up for wideband operation. Compare...