A 30-GHz Class-F23 Oscillator in 28nm CMOS using harmonic extraction and achieving 120 kHz l/f3 Corner

Yizhe Hu; Teerachot Siriburanon; Robert Bogdan Staszewski

doi:10.1109/ESSCIRC.2017.8094532

A 30-GHz Class-F₂₃ Oscillator in 28nm CMOS using harmonic extraction and achieving 120 kHz l/f³ Corner

Yizhe Hu, Teerachot Siriburanon, Robert Bogdan Staszewski

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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Abstract

This paper presents a mmW frequency generation stage aimed at minimizing phase noise via waveform shaping and harmonic extraction while suppressing flicker noise upconversion via proper harmonic terminations. A second-harmonic tank resonance is assisted by a proposed embedded decoupling capacitor inside a transformer for shortest and well controlled common-mode current return path. Class-F operation with third-harmonic boosting and extraction techniques allow maintaining high quality factor of a 10 GHz tank at the 30 GHz frequency generation while providing implicit divide-by-3 functionality. The proposed 27.3-31.2 GHz oscillator is implemented in 28-nm CMOS. It achieves phase noise of-106 dBc/Hz at 1-MHz offset and figure-of-merit (FoM) of -184 dB at 27.3GHz. Its flicker phase-noise (1/f³) corner of 120 kHz is an order-of-magnitude better than currently achievable at mmW.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ESSCIRC 2017 - 43rd IEEE European Solid State Circuits Conference
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	87-90
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5090-5025-3
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5090-5026-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ESSCIRC.2017.8094532
Publication status	Published - 2 Nov 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	ESSCIRC 2017: 43rd IEEE European Solid State Circuits Conference - Leuven, Belgium Duration: 11 Sept 2017 → 14 Sept 2017

Conference

Conference	ESSCIRC 2017
Country/Territory	Belgium
City	Leuven
Period	11/09/17 → 14/09/17

Keywords

30GHz
5G communication
Low flicker noise corner
Low phase noise
Oscillator

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A 30-GHz Class-F₂₃ Oscillator in 28nm CMOS using harmonic extraction and achieving 120 kHz l/f³ Corner. / Hu, Yizhe; Siriburanon, Teerachot; Staszewski, Robert Bogdan.
ESSCIRC 2017 - 43rd IEEE European Solid State Circuits Conference. IEEE, 2017. p. 87-90 8094532.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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