Low-power LC-VCO using integrated MEMS passives

@inproceedings{citeulike:834237, abstract = {Low power RF operation is often limited by the poor quality factor of the passives available in silicon-based processes. This paper reports on an LC-tank VCO, incorporating micromachined inductors and capacitors, for low power operation, without sacrificing performance. Only 2.75 mW of power is needed to achieve -122 dB/Hz phase noise at 1 MHz from a 2.84 GHz carrier.}, author = {Saraf, V. K. and Ramachandran, D. and Oz, A. and Fedder, G. K. and Mukherjee, T. }, citeulike-article-id = {834237}, journal = {Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2004. Digest of Papers. 2004 IEEE}, keywords = {low-power, oscillator}, pages = {579--582}, posted-at = {2006-09-08 00:21:08}, priority = {2}, title = {Low-power LC-VCO using integrated MEMS passives}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs\_all.jsp?arnumber=1320687}, year = {2004} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:834237 L3 - citeulike-article-id:834237 TI - Low-power LC-VCO using integrated MEMS passives JF - Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2004. Digest of Papers. 2004 IEEE SP - 579 EP - 582 N2 - Low power RF operation is often limited by the poor quality factor of the passives available in silicon-based processes. This paper reports on an LC-tank VCO, incorporating micromachined inductors and capacitors, for low power operation, without sacrificing performance. Only 2.75 mW of power is needed to achieve -122 dB/Hz phase noise at 1 MHz from a 2.84 GHz carrier. KW - low-power KW - oscillator AU - Saraf, VK AU - Ramachandran, D AU - Oz, A AU - Fedder, GK AU - Mukherjee, T PY - 2004/// UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1320687 ER -