A 12MHz Switched-Capacitor Relaxation Oscillator with a Nearly Minimal FoM of -161dBc/Hz

P.F.J. Geraedts; Adrianus Johannes Maria van Tuijl; Eric A.M. Klumperink; Gerhardus J.M. Wienk; Bram Nauta

A 12MHz Switched-Capacitor Relaxation Oscillator with a Nearly Minimal FoM of -161dBc/Hz

P.F.J. Geraedts
, Adrianus Johannes Maria van Tuijl
, Eric A.M. Klumperink
, Gerhardus J.M. Wienk
, Bram Nauta

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Abstract

In this work the phase noise performance of relaxation oscillators has been analyzed resulting in simple though precise phase noise expressions. These expressions have lead to a new relaxation oscillator topology, which exploits a noise filtering technique implemented with a switched-capacitor circuit to minimize phase noise. Measurements on a 65nm CMOS design show a sawtooth waveform, a frequency tuning range between 1 and 12MHz and a rather constant frequency tuning gain. At 12MHz oscillation frequency it consumes 90μW while the phase noise is -109dBc/Hz at 100KHz offset frequency. By minimizing and balancing noise contributions of charge and discharge mechanisms, a nearly minimal FoM of -161dBc/Hz has been achieved, which is a 6dB improvement over state-of-the-art.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 19th Annual Workshop on Circuits
Place of Publication	Veldhoven
Publisher	STW
Pages	175-178
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	978-90-73461-56-7
Publication status	Published - 29 Nov 2008
Event	19th Annual Workshop on Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, ProRISC 2008 - Veldhoven, Netherlands Duration: 27 Nov 2008 → 28 Nov 2008 Conference number: 19

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Publisher	Technology Foundation STW
Number	412

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Conference	19th Annual Workshop on Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, ProRISC 2008
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Veldhoven
Period	27/11/08 → 28/11/08

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EWI-14988
METIS-255471
IR-65353

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A 12MHz Switched-Capacitor Relaxation Oscillator with a Nearly Minimal FoM of -161dBc/Hz. / Geraedts, P.F.J.; van Tuijl, Adrianus Johannes Maria; Klumperink, Eric A.M. et al.
Proceedings of the 19th Annual Workshop on Circuits. Veldhoven: STW, 2008. p. 175-178.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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