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A simplified method for phase noise calculation

Tohidian, M ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1109/CICC.2009.5280762
  3. Abstract:
  4. A new phase noise calculation method is proposed in which noise sources are modeled with single tone sources. It uses a nonlinear frequency-domain analysis to calculate total gain from noise sources to the output phase noise. This single tone (ST) simulation directly calculates noise frequency contributions and is much faster than Hajimiri's impulse sensitivity function (ISF) method. A quadrature VCO has been implemented in TSMC 0.18-μm CMOS and the predicted phase noise matches measurement. © 2009 IEEE
  5. Keywords:
  6. Impulse sensitivity functions ; Noise frequencies ; Noise source ; Nonlinear frequency ; Output phase ; Phase noise calculation ; Quadrature VCO ; Simplified method ; Acoustic noise ; Integrated circuits ; Phase noise ; Variable frequency oscillators ; Frequency domain analysis
  7. Source: Proceedings of the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 13 September 2009 through 16 September 2009 ; 2009 , Pages 535-538 ; 08865930 (ISSN) ; 9781424440726 (ISBN)
  8. URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5280762