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Parametric Conversion Using Custom MOS Varactors

verfasst von: Howard Chan, Zhongbo Chen, Sebastian Magierowski, Krzysztof (Kris) Iniewski

Erschienen in: EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking | Ausgabe 1/2006

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The possible role of customized MOS varactors in amplification, mixing, and frequency control of future millimeter wave CMOS RFICs is outlined. First, the parametric conversion concept is revisited and discussed in terms of modern RF communications systems. Second, the modeling, design, and optimization of MOS varactors are reconsidered in the context of their central role in parametric circuits. Third, a balanced varactor structure is proposed for robust oscillator frequency control in the presence of large extrinsic noise expected in tightly integrated wireless communicators. Main points include the proposal of a subharmonic pumping scheme based on the MOS varactor, a nonequilibrium elastance-voltage model, optimal varactor layout suggestions, custom

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m-CMOS varactor design and measurement, device-level balanced varactor simulations, and parametric circuit evaluation based on measured device characteristics.

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Titel: Parametric Conversion Using Custom MOS Varactors
verfasst von: Howard Chan
Zhongbo Chen
Sebastian Magierowski
Krzysztof (Kris) Iniewski
Publikationsdatum: 01.12.2006
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in: EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking / Ausgabe 1/2006
Elektronische ISSN: 1687-1499
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/WCN/2006/12945

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