How to Design a Differential CMOS <italic>LC</italic> Oscillator

CMOS oscillators that produce high frequencies with good spectral purity or low jitter are almost always realized as differential LC oscillators. This article gives a comprehensive treatment of this circuit for the practitioner who must make design choices and tradeoffs, and for the newcomer who wan...

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Main Authors: Asad A. Abidi, David Murphy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
Series:IEEE Open Journal of the Solid-State Circuits Society
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10818782/
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description CMOS oscillators that produce high frequencies with good spectral purity or low jitter are almost always realized as differential LC oscillators. This article gives a comprehensive treatment of this circuit for the practitioner who must make design choices and tradeoffs, and for the newcomer who wants to learn to do so. Phase noise is presented in the form of transfer functions from various noise sources, leading to compact, accurate expressions that guide design. Best practices for IC layout and operation at low voltages are given.
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spelling doaj-art-4cf3474200b34654889069706fdf82592025-02-12T00:03:03ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of the Solid-State Circuits Society2644-13492025-01-015455910.1109/OJSSCS.2024.352449310818782How to Design a Differential CMOS <italic>LC</italic> OscillatorAsad A. Abidi0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7064-0738David Murphy1Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USABroadcom Inc., Irvine, CA, USACMOS oscillators that produce high frequencies with good spectral purity or low jitter are almost always realized as differential LC oscillators. This article gives a comprehensive treatment of this circuit for the practitioner who must make design choices and tradeoffs, and for the newcomer who wants to learn to do so. Phase noise is presented in the form of transfer functions from various noise sources, leading to compact, accurate expressions that guide design. Best practices for IC layout and operation at low voltages are given.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10818782/Oscillatorsphase noisefrequency tuning rangeupconverted 1/f noiseon-chip inductorsAM-PM conversion
spellingShingle Asad A. Abidi
David Murphy
How to Design a Differential CMOS <italic>LC</italic> Oscillator
IEEE Open Journal of the Solid-State Circuits Society
Oscillators
phase noise
frequency tuning range
upconverted 1/f noise
on-chip inductors
AM-PM conversion
title How to Design a Differential CMOS <italic>LC</italic> Oscillator
title_full How to Design a Differential CMOS <italic>LC</italic> Oscillator
title_fullStr How to Design a Differential CMOS <italic>LC</italic> Oscillator
title_full_unstemmed How to Design a Differential CMOS <italic>LC</italic> Oscillator
title_short How to Design a Differential CMOS <italic>LC</italic> Oscillator
title_sort how to design a differential cmos italic lc italic oscillator
topic Oscillators
phase noise
frequency tuning range
upconverted 1/f noise
on-chip inductors
AM-PM conversion
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