JP2005102226A - 高周波電圧制御発振器 - Google Patents
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Abstract
【解決手段】 高周波電圧制御発振器は、二つのFETを含む差動型発振部と、前記シリコン基板に対して垂直方向に電流が流れるバイポーラトランジスタによる電流源とを備える。バイポーラトランジスタで電流がエミッタからベースを経てコレクターに縦方向または横方向に電流が流れるために1/f雑音が非常に小さい。本発明はこのようなBJTを電流源として適用することによってRF CMOS VCOの電流源で発生する1/f雑音を減少させ、結果的にVCOの位相雑音を向上させる。
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- 基板に対して平行な横方向に電流が流れる二つのFETを含む差動型発振部と、
前記基板に対して垂直な方向に電流が流れるバイポーラトランジスタによる電流源と、を備えることを特徴とする高周波電圧制御発振器。 - 前記バイポーラトランジスタは前記FETのソースに連結されることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の高周波電圧制御発振器。
- 前記基板はPタイプシリコンであることを特徴とする請求項1または2に記載の高周波電圧制御発振器。
- 前記FETはPタイプであることを特徴とする請求項1ないし3のうちいずれか1項に記載の高周波電圧制御発振器。
- 前記バイポーラトランジスタはNPNタイプであることを特徴とする請求項1ないし4のうちいずれか1項に記載の高周波電圧制御発振器。
- 基板に対して平行な横方向に電流が流れる二つのFETを含む差動型発振部と、
前記基板に対して横方向に電流が流れるバイポーラトランジスタによる電流源と、を備えることを特徴とする高周波電圧制御発振器。 - 前記差動型発振部は共振コイルをさらに具備し、前記バイポーラトランジスタは前記共振コイルに連結されることを特徴とする請求項6に記載の高周波電圧制御発振器。
- 前記基板はPタイプシリコンであることを特徴とする請求項6または7に記載の高周波電圧制御発振器。
- 前記FETはPタイプであることを特徴とする請求項6ないし8のうちいずれか1項に記載の高周波電圧制御発振器。
- 前記バイポーラトランジスタはPNPタイプであることを特徴とする請求項6ないし9に記載の高周波電圧制御発振器。
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