Design of multistandard adaptive voltage-controlled oscillators

A multistandard/multiband adaptive voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) satisfying the phase-noise requirements of both second- and third-generation wireless standards is described in this paper (1.8-GHz DCS1800, 2.1-GHz wide-band code division multiple access, and 2.4-GHz wireless local area network, Bluetooth, and digital enhanced cordless telecommunications standards). The design procedure for the VCO is based on an adaptive phase-noise model. A factor of 12 reduction in power consumption with a phase-noise tuning range of 20 dB is demonstrated by adapting the VCO bias to the desired application. The VCO achieves -123-, -110-, and -103-dBc/Hz phase noise at 1-MHz offset in a 2.1-GHz band at supply currents of 6, 1.2, and 0.5 mA, respectively

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