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A Cross-Coupled Relaxation Oscillator with Accurate Quadrature Outputs

Because of IC technology evolution and the increase of market demand, the communication industry grows vigorously in recent years. The voltage-controlled oscillator plays a key role in the RF transceiver and provides oscillation signals needed for upconversin and downconvertion. Usually, we separate the signals into I/Q channels for modulation and demodulation in upconversin and downconvertion. Because the quality of the local oscillator influences the performance of communication system, designing a voltage-controlled oscillator that can provide two identical signals in accurate quadrature is necessary.
In this thesis, a new quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator is presented. We use two identical relaxation oscillators with adjustable Schmitt triggers to construct the cross-coupled architecture. This oscillator has accurate ( <1¢X) and stable quadrature outputs which are independent of operating frequency and process variations. This oscillator circuit is fabricated in TSMC 0.35£gm CMOS Mixed-Signal process provided by National Chip Implementation Center (CIC). Our design is verified by simulation and measurement results.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0712106-182131
Date12 July 2006
CreatorsPeng, Shih-Hao
ContributorsChia-Hsiung Kao, Jyi-Tsong Lin, Ko-Chi Kuo
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0712106-182131
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