A 67 GHz High Output Power QVCO with 9.9 % Efficiency and Improved
Phase Noise in a 130 nm SiGe:C Technology
Abstract
This work presents a Colpitts quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator
with a center frequency of 67 GHz and a bandwidth of 3.9 GHz. The
realized circuit provides up to 13.1 dBm output power per channel and
has a power consumption of 410mW, resulting in a dc-to-RF efficiency of
9.9 %. The phase noise of the oscillator at 1 MHz offset is as low as
-105.2 dBc/Hz. The measured phase error between the in-phase and the
quadrature-phase output is ≤ 11.8°. This work demonstrates a robust
coupling mechanism for large bandwidth QVCOs with unambiguous phase
positions.