Assignment 2

VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR DESIGN

Raghubeer Singh(14EC62D01)
Rajen Kumar Patra(14EC62D02)
Ankit Agarwal(14EC62R43)

VCO Specifications:

Frequency of operation

2.4Ghz

Supply Voltage(V)

1.8V

Ibias (mA)

1mA

Quality Factor

10

Tuning

10%

The important design steps of VCO:

1. Using
Rs

2. From

V peak I bias R p I bias Rs (1 Q 2 )

Q wL / Rs

, assume

V peak

= Vdd/2 which gives the value of

gives inductor value.

w

1
LC

3. Frequency of operation is
, which gives capacitance value.
4. From Barkhausen criterion, for the oscillation to start-up,
gm

Rs C
L

5. Since the transistors M1 and M2 are also in saturation, then taking g m to be ten
times the minimum value.

CIRCUIT DESIGN PARAMETER:

1.
2.
3.
4.

L=5.9nH
C=0.7pF
Rs=8.9 ohm
W(M1,M2)=49.01um

VCO CADENCE DESIGN:

VCO Transient Response:

Voltage Swing:

Phase Noise:

Simulation Summary:
Voltage swing
Oscillation frequency
Phase noise
Power Consumption

963.597m V
2.31 GHz
-110.55 dBc@1MHz
2.232 mW