Cost-Effective 4 GHz VCO Using Only Miniature Spirals Realized in a 0.18 μm CMOS Process for Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) Applications
This paper presents an extremely cost-effective radio-frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) implementation technique by employing a digital logic CMOS process and reducing area occupation for voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) using all miniature inductors for wireless sensor network (WSN) applicat...
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| author | Heesauk Jhon Min-Su Kim Myounggon Kang |
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| description | This paper presents an extremely cost-effective radio-frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) implementation technique by employing a digital logic CMOS process and reducing area occupation for voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) using all miniature inductors for wireless sensor network (WSN) applications. The designed VCO operates in the 4.0 GHz band with a power consumption of 1.4 mW and a phase noise of −113.6 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz, occupying a Si area of 0.283 × 0.682 mm<sup>2</sup>. In addition, we confirmed that the figure of merit (FOM) of 183.8 in our design is competitive with that of other LC-VCOs that were fabricated using the RF option and designed with conventional inductors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7d48357bf7c342e9824aa6caad33e82f2022-12-22T04:25:19ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922019-11-01811136910.3390/electronics8111369electronics8111369Cost-Effective 4 GHz VCO Using Only Miniature Spirals Realized in a 0.18 μm CMOS Process for Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) ApplicationsHeesauk Jhon0Min-Su Kim1Myounggon Kang2Department of Electrical, Information and Communication Engineering, Mokpo National University, Mokpo 530729, KoreaDepartment of Digital Electronics, Daelim University College, 29 Imgoklo, Dongan-gu, Anyang-si, Gyunggi-do 431-715, KoreaDepartment of Electronics Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, 50 Daehak-ro, Chungju-si, Chungbuk 380-702, KoreaThis paper presents an extremely cost-effective radio-frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) implementation technique by employing a digital logic CMOS process and reducing area occupation for voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) using all miniature inductors for wireless sensor network (WSN) applications. The designed VCO operates in the 4.0 GHz band with a power consumption of 1.4 mW and a phase noise of −113.6 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz, occupying a Si area of 0.283 × 0.682 mm<sup>2</sup>. In addition, we confirmed that the figure of merit (FOM) of 183.8 in our design is competitive with that of other LC-VCOs that were fabricated using the RF option and designed with conventional inductors.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/8/11/1369mixed/analog cmos processsymmetrichelical inductorvoltage-controlled oscillatorvcophase noise |
| spellingShingle | Heesauk Jhon Min-Su Kim Myounggon Kang Cost-Effective 4 GHz VCO Using Only Miniature Spirals Realized in a 0.18 μm CMOS Process for Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) Applications Electronics mixed/analog cmos process symmetric helical inductor voltage-controlled oscillator vco phase noise |
| title | Cost-Effective 4 GHz VCO Using Only Miniature Spirals Realized in a 0.18 μm CMOS Process for Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) Applications |
| title_full | Cost-Effective 4 GHz VCO Using Only Miniature Spirals Realized in a 0.18 μm CMOS Process for Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) Applications |
| title_fullStr | Cost-Effective 4 GHz VCO Using Only Miniature Spirals Realized in a 0.18 μm CMOS Process for Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cost-Effective 4 GHz VCO Using Only Miniature Spirals Realized in a 0.18 μm CMOS Process for Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) Applications |
| title_short | Cost-Effective 4 GHz VCO Using Only Miniature Spirals Realized in a 0.18 μm CMOS Process for Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) Applications |
| title_sort | cost effective 4 ghz vco using only miniature spirals realized in a 0 18 μm cmos process for wireless sensor network wsn applications |
| topic | mixed/analog cmos process symmetric helical inductor voltage-controlled oscillator vco phase noise |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/8/11/1369 |
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