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
• 其他作者: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2016
• 主題: Wideband; Start-up; Evenly distributed auxiliary cross-coupled pairs; K-band; CMOS VCO
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82928; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40369

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...