A General Theory of Phase Noise in Electrical Oscillators

By B. Razavi. 2003

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Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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A noise-shifting differential Colpitts VCO (2002, methodology): “However, in cross-coupled oscillators, the noise generation by the active devices occurs when the oscillator is quite sensitive to perturbations [6], degrading the phase noise considerably.”
A Wide Tuning-Range CMOS VCO With a Differential Tunable Active Inductor (2006, background): “According to [13] and [14], the phase noise of an oscillator can be derived by examining the excess phase at the output”
A filtering technique to lower LC oscillator phase noise (2001, methodology): “The role of noise around even harmonics of the oscillation was first noted based on the similarity between the switching pair of an oscillator and a commutating mixer [12], and then on an analysis of the time-domain waveforms [13].”
Numerical analysis on thermal characteristics for chip scale package by integrating 2D-3D models (2009, methodology): “Theoretical insights have been developed in this framework [9–14].”
MEMS Resonators for Frequency Reference and Timing Applications (2020, background): “According to Leeson’s equation [1], [141], [142], the single”
A review of MEMS oscillators for frequency reference and timing applications (2011, methodology): “An improvement over the cyclo-stationary Leeson’s model is the cyclo-instationary Lee–Hajimiri model [58, 59].”
All-digital TX frequency synthesizer and discrete-time receiver for Bluetooth radio in 130-nm CMOS (2004, background): “The time-variant nature of the discrete-time DCO [6] could be exploited to further improve the phase noise performance gap.”
Noise modeling for RF CMOS circuit simulation (2003, background): “Due to upconversion, it also has a serious impact on RF CMOS circuits such as VCOs, where it causes a significant increase of the phase noise [3].”
A 1.8-GHz LC VCO with 1.3-GHz tuning range and digital amplitude calibration (2005, background): “More rigorous treatments of phase noise can be found in [13]–[17].”
A study of phase noise in colpitts and LC-tank CMOS oscillators (2005, background): “Although the excellent behavior of the Colpitts oscillator had already been experimentally recognized several decades ago, the first theoretical explanation for it had to await Hajimiri’s and Lee’s relatively recent seminal paper on phase noise [6].”
Concepts and methods in optimization of integrated LC VCOs (2001, methodology): “timing of the voltage and current as in certain oscillator topologies, such as Colpitts [27].”
Class-C Harmonic CMOS VCOs, With a General Result on Phase Noise (2008, methodology): “However, a fair comparison among them, aimed at finding optimum solutions, requires a rigorous approach in the study of phase noise, which must consider the time-variant nature of the conversion of noise into phase noise [1].”