Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reduced phase noise multi-band VCO
- Patent Title (中): 降低相位噪声多频带VCO
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Application No.: US12693993Application Date: 2010-01-26
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Publication No.: US08098111B2Publication Date: 2012-01-17
- Inventor: Calvin (Shr-Lung) Chen , Morteza Vadipour , Xinyu Chen
- Applicant: Calvin (Shr-Lung) Chen , Morteza Vadipour , Xinyu Chen
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
- Current Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: H03L7/099
- IPC: H03L7/099

Abstract:
Embodiments of a multi-band voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) are provided herein. The multi-band VCO is configured to adjust a frequency of an output signal based on an input signal. The multi-band VCO includes a tank module, an active module, and a control module. The tank module includes a parallel combination of a capacitor and an inductor. The active module includes a pair of cross-coupled transistors that are configured to provide a negative conductance that cancels out a positive conductance associated with the tank module. To improve the phase noise associated with the multi-band VCO, the control module is configured to adjust the body voltage of the cross-coupled transistors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110090017A1 Reduced Phase Noise Multi-Band VCO Public/Granted day:2011-04-21
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