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  • Prediction of phase noise and jitter in ring oscillators

    Creator:
    Barton, Nathen
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    This thesis presents distinctly different methods of accurately predicting phase noise and absolute jitter in ring oscillators. The phase noise prediction methods are the commercially available SpectreRF and isf_tool, a simulator developed in this work from the Hajimiri and Lee theory of phase noise. Absolute jitter due to deterministic supply...
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    by Hajimiri and Lee (H&L) predicts phase noise and gives design insight. However, the theory is

  • Oscillators and phase locked loops for space radiation environments

    Creator:
    Vandepas, Martin
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    Circuits operating outside the earth’s atmosphere are more vulnerable to cosmic radiation and require special design consideration. The purpose of this work is to explore methods of mitigating the effect of radiation in phase locked loop (PLL) circuits. Several voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs) and two complete PLLs are designed and...
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    ............................................. 18 3.5. Tuning curve for Lee/Kim traditional layout VCO

  • Algorithms and tools for optimization of integrated RF VCOs

    Creator:
    Kratyuk, Volodymyr
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    This thesis presents algorithms and tools for the automated design of RF LC CMOS voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs) with low phase noise given a set of specifications. The electromagnetic solver, ASITIC, combined with the circuit simulator, SpectreRF, allows optimization of the VCO circuit parameters and inductor layout. This approach gives...
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    ). Hk+l = Hk qq HSSkHk (2.11)qs SHkSk where 5k = Xk and q Vf(Xk+J ) Vf(Xk). 11 At a starting point

  • A comparison of substrate noise coupling in lightly and heavily doped CMOS processes for 2.4 GHz LNA's

    Creator:
    Hazenboom, Duncan S.
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    Three types of low noise amplifiers operating at 2.4GHz were designed. They are the commonly used single-ended and differential amplifiers as well as a new quasi-differential amplifier. The substrate noise injected into these amplifiers is examined for both heavily and lightly doped CMOS substrates. For the single-ended amplifier the noise...
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    under contract 2001-TJ-911 and by the DARPA TEAM project under contract F33615-02-l-l 179. TABLE

  • An enhanced swing differential Colpitts CMOS VCO for low-voltage operation

    Creator:
    Farahbakhshian, Farhad
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    An enhanced swing differential Colpitts VCO (ESDC-VCO) dramatically improves the swing of a Colpitts VCO by allowing the signal to swing below ground and above the supply voltage. Fabricated in a 1P8M 0.13 um CMOS process, the ESDC-VCO operates at 4.9GHz with a 0.475-V supply and consumes 2.7mW. The measured...
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    phase noise. Using Leeson’s linear analysis [8], the single-sideband oscillator phase noise L{∆ω}, at a

  • A stochastic time-to-digital converter for digital phase-locked loops

    Creator:
    Ok, Kerem
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    Digital phase-locked loops (PLLs) have been receiving increasing attention recently due to their ease of integration, scalability and performance comparable to their analog counterparts. In digital PLLs, increased resolution in time-to-digital conversion is desirable for improved noise performance. This work describes the design and simulation of a stochastic time-to-digital converter...
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    CONVERTER 28:5 CONVERTER 5-BIT ADDER M U X D /S C T R L 26 3.6. Circuit Level Simulations

  • Design techniques for radiation hardened-phase locked loops

    Creator:
    Nemmani, Anantha Nag
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    Spacecrafts experience radiation in the course of their operation and all electronic equipment on board these spacecrafts has to be designed to withstand the effects of this radiation. This thesis describes the effects of total ionization dose (TID) and single event transients (SET) in phase-locked loops - an important circuit...
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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.7 SEE on one of the delay cells of a Lee/Kim ring oscillator. . . . . . . . . . 12 2.8 SEE on

  • Analysis and design of CMOS RF LNAs with ESD protection

    Creator:
    Chandrasekhar, Vinay
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    An analysis that accounts for the effect of standard electrostatic discharge (ESD) structures on critical LNA specifications of noise figure, input matching and gain is presented. It is shown that the ESD structures degrade LNA performance particularly for higher frequency applications. Two LNAs, one with ESD protection and one without,...
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    .......................................... 22 3.2 Common Gate Amplifier ............................................ 24 L TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • A substrate noise coupling model for lightly doped CMOS processes

    Creator:
    Sadate, Aline C.
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    This thesis presents a design-oriented model for lightly doped CMOS substrates. The model predicts the substrate noise coupling between noisy digital and sensitive analog blocks in the early stages of the design. The model scales with the size and separation of these blocks and it is validated with device simulations...
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    LINES i .....,vs. h._ .. ,.,... ,{F..... a>aL 11- - Jr_ :L. J y _ . EFi%?aj, J._.d1= 20. 40 BQ 80 100

  • Ultra-low energy digital controller for battery-free wireless sensor network nodes

    Creator:
    Nasroullahi, Mohsen
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    This thesis presents a low-energy application specific digital controller for a battery-free 2.4 GHz wireless sensor network (WSN) node. The digital controller has been designed and fabricated in a standard 0.13 μm CMOS and implements a simple protocol for WSNs. Techniques such as supply voltage reduction and power gating have...
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