Design of a Ku-band low-phase-noise VCO using the dual LC tanks

• Main Authors: Zou, Qiong, Ma, Kaixue, Yeo, Kiat Seng, Lim, Wei Meng
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96246; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/11467
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A Ku-band voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) using dual tanks, together with feedback, is proposed and designed by using a 0.18-μm Bipolar compatible Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (BiCMOS) process. A triple-coil transformer is employed to provide strong coupling between the two tanks and...