11-GHz 3-V SiGe voltage-controlled oscillator with integrated resonator

Abstract

A 10.5 to 11-GHz fully-monolithic voltage-controlled oscillator circuit implemented in a standard SiGe bipolar technology is presented. An oscillator phase noise of -78 to -87 dBc/Hz is achieved at 100-kHz offset. The tuning range is close to 5% with an on-chip varactor-tuned resonator and for a control voltage of 0 to 3 V. The circuit draws less than 8 mA from a 3-V supply including the reference branch bias current.