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UHF 대역 모바일 RFID 시스템에 적합한 저잡음 콜피츠 VCO 설계

Design of Regulated Low Phase Noise Colpitts VCO for UHF Band Mobile RFID System

  • 노형환 (국민대학교 전자공학과) ;
  • 박경태 (국민대학교 전자공학과) ;
  • 박준석 (국민대학교 전자공학과) ;
  • 조홍구 (국민대학교 전자공학과) ;
  • 김형준 (한국전자통신연구원 표준연구센터) ;
  • 김용운 (한국전자통신연구원 표준연구센터)
  • Roh, Hyoung-Hwan (Department of Electronic Engineering, Kookmin University) ;
  • Park, Kyong-Tae (Department of Electronic Engineering, Kookmin University) ;
  • Park, Jun-Seok (Department of Electronic Engineering, Kookmin University) ;
  • Cho, Hong-Gu (Department of Electronic Engineering, Kookmin University) ;
  • Kim, Hyoung-Jun (Protocol Engineering Center, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, Yong-Woon (Protocol Engineering Center, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
  • 발행 : 2007.08.31

초록

본 논문에서는 모바일 RFID 시스템 환경을 제시하였고, 그 환경에 적합한 저 잡음 차동 콜피츠 전압 제어 발진기를 구현하였다. 밀집 리더 환경에 맞춘 전압 제어 발진기는 $0.35{\mu}m$ 공정을 사용하였고, 주파수 범위는 RFID 주파수 범위인 $860{\sim}960 MHz$를 포함시킬 수 있도록 $1.55{sim}2.053 GHz$로 설계하였다. 2분주기 출력에서 측정한 위상 잡음은 오프셋 주파수가 40 kHz일 때 -106 dBc/Hz로 측정되었고, 1MHz일 때에는 -135 dBc/Hz로 측정되었다. 5 비트의 디지털 튜닝을 이용하여 낮은 발진기 이득(<45 MHz/V)을 갖게 하여 주파수 합성기에서의 위상 잡음 특성을 좋게 하였다. 설계한 차동 콜피츠 발진기의 FOM은 1.93 dB로 타 2 GHz 대역의 발진기들 보다 높게 측정되었다.

A regulated low phase noise differential colpitts VCO(Voltage Controlled Oscillator) for mobile RFID system is presented. The differential colpitts VCO meets the dense reader environment specifications. The VCO use a $0.35{\mu}m$ technology and achieves tuning range $1.55{sim}2.053 GHz$. Measuring 910 MHz frequency divider output, phase noise performance is -106 dBcMz and -135dBc/Hz at 40 kHz and 1MHz offset, respectively. 5-bit digital coarse-tuning and accumulation type MOS varactors allow for 28.2% tuning range, which is required to cover the LO frequency range of a UHF Mobile RFID system, Optimum design techniques ensure low VCO gain(<45 MHz/V) for good interoperability with the frequency synthesizer. To the author' knowledge, this differential colpitts VCO achieves a figure of merit(FOM) of 1.93dB at 2-GHz band.

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