Patent Application: US-93706204-A

Abstract:
an active inductor circuit implemented in sub - micron cmos semiconductor technology is usable at gigahertz frequencies and includes an input node , a non - inverting transconductor circuit comprising a differential pair of nmos transistors connected to the input node , an inverting transconductor circuit comprising an nmos transistor connected to an output node of the non - inverting transconductor circuit and connected to the input node in a gyrator feedback configuration . varactors coupled to the transconductor circuits tune the frequency and q of the active inductor circuit .

Description:
referring to fig4 a and 4b , a mathematical small - signal analysis is set forth below to demonstrate the performance of active inductor circuit 32 . fig4 a shows a small - signal equivalent circuit 40 of active inductor circuit 32 . a conductance g 1 represents the sum of drain - source leakage g ds from m 3 and m if , and a conductance g 3 represents primarily the drain - source leakage g ds of m is / 2 . a capacitor c 1 ≈ 0 . 5c gs1 + c jd3 + c jd , if + c l , where c jd , if represents the drain diffusion capacitance of transistor m if , and c l represents the load capacitance ( including the input capacitance of any subsequent circuitry ). a capacitor c 3 ≈ c gs3 + c jd2 + c jd , is / 2 , where c jd , is / 2 is the drain - diffusion capacitance of transistor m is / 2 . a transconductor g m2 = g m3 , the transconductance of transistor m 3 . a transconductor g m1 has an internal node , and its small - signal equivalent circuit 42 is represented by fig4 b . in fig4 b , a conductance g 2 ≈ g ds , is + g ds1 , where g ds , is is the g ds of transistor m is . a capacitor c 2 = c jd , is + c gs2 + c js1 + c js2 , where c jd , is is the drain diffusion capacitance of transistor m is , and c js1 and c js2 are the source diffusion capacitances of transistors m 1 and m 2 , respectively . transconductors g m1 and g m2 are the transconductances of transistors m 1 and m 2 , respectively . the g ds of transistor m 2 has been ignored because it is much smaller than g ds , is . because of c gs1 and c 2 , transconductance g m1 is a function of the complex frequency s . v 2 ( g 2 + sc 2 + sc gs1 )= v 1 sc gs1 + g m1 v gs1 − g m2 v 2 = v 1 sc gs1 + g m1 ( v 1 − v 2 )− g m2 v 2 ( 5a ) g m1 ⁡ ( s ) = i out v 1 = g m2 ⁡ ( sc gs1 + g m1 ) s ⁡ ( c gs1 + c 2 ) + g m1 + g m2 + g 2 ( 6 ) ω p1 = g c 2 ′ = g m1 + g m2 + g 2 c gs1 + c 2 = g m1 c gs1 ⁢ 1 + ( g m2 + g 2 ) / g m1 1 + c 2 / c gs1 ( 7 ) because c 2 & gt ; c gs2 ≈ c gs1 since m 1 and m 2 in fig3 have the same physical size and biasing . we labeled c ′ 2 = c gs1 + c 2 , g = g m1 + g m2 + g 2 ( 9a , b ) therefore , g m1 ( s ) is expected to have a phase lag at an operating frequency f op , because f op ≦ f r & lt ; g m1 /( 2πc gs1 ). the frequency f z1 = g m1 /( 2πc gs1 ) represents the upper bound of a given fabrication technology for designing active inductors . it can usually not be reached because of other parasitic capacitors , such as the source / drain diffusion capacitance and interconnect capacitances . the pole at the frequency is non - dominant . at the frequency f op & lt ; g m1 /( 2πc gs1 ), | sc gs1 |& lt ;& lt ; g m1 . in a properly designed circuit g 2 & lt ;& lt ; g m1 ≈ g m2 ; therefore g m1 ( s ) is approximately g m1 ⁡ ( s ) ≈ g m1 ⁢ g m2 sc 2 ′ + g m1 + g m2 ≈ 0 . 5 ⁢ g m1 1 + s / ω p1 ( 11 ) applying the above results to small - signal equivalent circuit 40 of fig4 a , the circuit equations are v 3 = g m1 ⁡ ( s ) ⁢ v 1 g 3 + sc 3 ≈ 0 . 5 ⁢ g m1 ( 1 + s / ω p1 ) ⁢ ( g 3 + sc 3 ) ⁢ v 1 ( 12 ⁢ a ) v 1 = i 1 - g m2 ⁡ ( s ) ⁢ v 3 g 1 + sc 1 = i 1 - g m3 ⁢ v 3 g 1 + sc 1 ( 12 ⁢ b ) y in = ⁢ i 1 v 1 = ⁢ g 1 + sc 1 + 0 . 5 ⁢ g m1 ⁢ g m3 ( 1 + s / ω p1 ) ⁢ ( g 3 + sc 3 ) = ⁢ g 1 + sc 1 + y in ′ ( 13 ) z in ′ = ⁢ 1 y i ⁢ ⁢ n ′ = ⁢ j ⁢ ⁢ ω ⁢ ⁢ c 3 + g 3 / ω p1 0 . 5 ⁢ g m1 ⁢ g m3 + g 3 - ω 2 ⁢ c 3 / ω p1 0 . 5 ⁢ g m1 ⁢ g m3 ≈ ⁢ j ⁢ ⁢ ω ⁢ ⁢ c 3 0 . 5 ⁢ g m1 ⁢ g m3 + g 3 - ω 2 ⁢ c 3 / ω p1 0 . 5 ⁢ g m1 ⁢ g m3 = ⁢ j ⁢ ⁢ ω ⁢ ⁢ l eq + r loss ⁡ ( ω ) ( 14 ) l eq = c 3 0 . 5 ⁢ g m1 ⁢ g m3 , r loss ⁡ ( ω ) = g 3 - ω 2 ⁢ c 3 / ω p1 0 . 5 ⁢ g m1 ⁢ g m3 ( 15 ⁢ a , b ) fig5 shows an equivalent circuit 50 representing the input impedance z in of active inductor circuit 32 . conductance g 1 and capacitance c 1 are the same as represented in equivalent circuit 40 of fig4 a , but capacitor c 3 and conductance g 3 of fig4 a are gyrated into a lossy inductance by transistors m 1 to m 3 . the loss term is a function of the pole frequency ω p1 . treating g 1 and c 1 as extrinsic , the q of the inductor l eq with loss r loss ( ω ) is represented by q l ⁡ ( ω ) = ω ⁢ ⁢ l eq r loss ⁡ ( ω ) = ω ⁢ ⁢ c 3 g 3 - ω 2 ⁢ c 3 / ω p1 = ω ⁢ ⁢ c 3 g 3 - ω 2 ⁢ c 3 ⁢ c 2 ′ / g ( 16 ) increasing the phase lag of g m1 in fig4 a , i . e ., decreasing ω p1 , the negative term ω 2 c 3 / ω p1 in r loss ( ω ) increases and partially cancels the circuit loss term g 3 . if ω p1 = ω op 2 c 3 / g 3 at a particular operating frequency ω op , the inductance can be lossless , and q l =∞. as shown below , ω p1 can indeed be decreased to fully compensate also for g 1 and make active inductor circuit 32 lossless . because most rf applications are narrow - band ( i . e ., the ratio of bandwidth , bw , to center frequency , ω 0 , is much less than 1 , bw / ω 0 & lt ;& lt ; 1 ), when designing an active inductor , workers should concentrate on the range of frequencies surrounding the frequency f 0 and not on the q l variations within that range . after the circuit operation and loss compensation are understood , a more complete small - signal analysis may be performed . substituting eq . ( 14 ) in eq . ( 13 ): z i ⁢ ⁢ n = ⁢ v 1 i 1 = ⁢ ( sc 2 ′ + g ) ⁢ ( sc 3 + g 3 ) s 3 ⁢ c 1 ⁢ c 2 ′ ⁢ c 3 + s 2 ⁡ ( g ⁢ ⁢ c 1 ⁢ c 3 + g 1 ⁢ c 2 ′ ⁢ c 3 + g 3 ⁢ c 1 ⁢ c 2 ′ ) + s ⁡ [ g ⁡ ( g 1 ⁢ c 3 + g 3 ⁢ c 1 ) + g 1 ⁢ g 3 ⁢ c 2 ′ ] + 0 . 5 ⁢ g m1 ⁢ g m3 ⁢ g + g ⁢ ⁢ g 1 ⁢ g 3 ( 17 ) replacing s 3 by − ω 2 s , and dividing the numerator and denominator by gc 1 c 3 : z i ⁢ ⁢ n ⁡ ( s ) = ( 1 + s ⁢ ⁢ c 2 ′ / g ) ⁢ ( s + g 3 / c 3 ) / c 1 s 2 ⁡ ( 1 + g 1 ⁢ c 2 ′ g ⁢ ⁢ c 1 + g 3 ⁢ c 2 ′ g ⁢ ⁢ c 3 ) + s ⁢ ( g 1 c 1 + g 3 c 3 + g 1 ⁢ g 3 ⁢ c 2 ′ g ⁢ ⁢ c 1 ⁢ c 3 - ω 2 ⁢ c 2 ′ g ) + 0 . 5 ⁢ g m1 ⁢ g m3 + g 1 ⁢ g 3 c 1 ⁢ c 3 ( 18 ) in accordance with eq . ( 10 ) and within the operating frequency range : because g i , i = 1 , 2 , 3 are parasitics , at frequencies far above dc and close to the self - resonance frequency f r : | s |& gt ;& gt ; g 3 / c 3 , g 1 / g & lt ;& lt ; 1 , g 3 / g & lt ;& lt ; 1 , g 1 g 3 & lt ;& lt ; 0 . 5 g m1 g m3 ( 20 ) applying eqs . ( 19 ) and ( 20 ) to eq . ( 18 ), considering c 2 ′ is of the same order as c 1 and c 3 , the approximate total input impedance is : z i ⁢ ⁢ n ⁡ ( s ) ≈ s / c 1 s 2 + s ⁡ ( g 1 c 1 + g 3 c 3 + g 1 ⁢ g 3 ⁢ c 2 ′ g ⁢ ⁢ c 1 ⁢ c 3 - ω 2 ⁢ c 2 ′ g ) + 0 . 5 ⁢ g m1 ⁢ g m3 c 1 ⁢ c 3 ( 21 ) which represents a second - order active inductor resonator and is equivalent to an r - l - c parallel circuit . ω r ={ square root }{ square root over ( 0 . 5 g m1 g m3 /( c 1 c 3 ))} ( 22 ) q r = ⁢ 0 . 5 ⁢ g m1 ⁢ g m3 / ( c 1 ⁢ c 3 ) g 1 c 1 + g 3 c 3 + g 1 ⁢ g 3 ⁢ c 2 ′ g ⁢ ⁢ c 1 ⁢ c 3 - ω r 2 ⁢ c 2 ′ g = ⁢ 0 . 5 ⁢ g m1 ⁢ g m3 / ( c 1 ⁢ c 3 ) g 1 c 1 + g 3 c 3 - c 2 ′ g ⁢ ( ω r 2 - g 1 ⁢ g 3 c 1 ⁢ c 3 ) ( 23 ) the positive terms in the denominator of q r represent the intrinsic loss of the circuit , and the negative term represents the compensation effected through c 2 ′. since g 1 and g 3 are parasitics and very small : ω r & gt ; g 1 ⁢ g 3 c 1 ⁢ c 3 ⁢ ⁢ or ω r 2 - g 1 ⁢ g 3 c 1 ⁢ c 3 = 0 . 5 ⁢ g m1 ⁢ g m3 - g 1 ⁢ g 3 c 1 ⁢ c 3 ≈ g m1 ⁢ g m3 2 ⁢ c 1 ⁢ c 3 & gt ; 0 ( 24 ) c 2 ′ = ( g 1 c 1 + g 3 c 3 ) ⁢ g ω r 2 - g 1 ⁢ g 3 / ( c 1 ⁢ c 3 ) ≈ ( g 1 c 1 + g 3 c 3 ) ⁢ g ω r 2 ( 25 ) q r is infinite . although q r can be infinite , this not preferred because the circuit will self - oscillate . this nevertheless indicates that with the active inductor structure of this invention , there is no upper limit to q r . evidently , c 2 ′ can compensate not only g 3 as shown by eq . ( 15b ), but also g 1 and g 2 . the two above - described small - signal analysis approaches are equivalent in that l eq is related to f r , and q l is related to q r . the first approach is preferred when active inductor circuit 32 is employed as an inductor , with operating frequency f op & lt ; f r . the second approach is preferred when active inductor circuit 32 is employed as a resonator , with f op = f r . tuning or calibrating active inductor circuit 32 is carried out as follows . the equations for the equivalent inductance l eq , inductor quality factor q l , self - resonance frequency f r , and resonator quality factor q r were given above , and the equations may be used to design for specific parameter values . however , ic fabrication is fairly inaccurate due to process variations and tolerances . design parameters , such as g m and c gs , may exhibit 20 - 50 % or even larger variations . therefore , measures must be made available to tune the active inductor to given specifications , i . e ., “ tuning handles ” should be provided to control the performance parameters . referring again to fig3 b , the two pmos variable capacitors ( varactors ) m f and m q perform the tuning function . the substrate ( backgates ) of the pmos varactors m f and m q are connected to biasing voltage v f and v q , respectively . when the bias voltages are decreased the gate capacitance c gg of the varactors increases , and vice versa . v f and v q control the values of capacitors c 3 and c 2 of fig4 a and 4b , respectively . a . bias current i f : tuning i f changes the value of g m3 , and changes the equivalent inductance l eq ( eq . 15 ) and self - resonance frequency f r ( eq . 22 ). b . bias current i s : tuning i s changes the value of g m1 and g m2 simultaneously , and changes g ( eq . 9 ). per eqs . ( 16 ) and ( 23 ), this can tune the inductor quality factor q l and resonator quality factor q r . c . bias voltage v f : per eqs . ( 15 ) and ( 22 ), tuning v f changes capacitor c 3 , and further changes l eq and f r . d . bias voltage v q : per eqs . ( 16 ) and ( 23 ), tuning v f changes capacitor c 2 ′ and further changes q l and q r . due to the circuit parasitics , the tuning is not completely orthogonal , i . e ., tuning l eq and f r does affect q l and q r and vice versa . but as shown by the equations , they are independent to a large extent , and hence acceptable in most applications . the bias - current tuning should be used for “ coarse tuning ” as it can change the circuit parameters over a very wide range . tuning via the varactor - bias voltages should be used for “ fine tuning ” as its tuning ranges are smaller , but can be accomplished with higher precision . experimental verification of the active inductor circuit performance was carried out as set forth below . a number of application modules using the active inductor were designed and fabricated in the taiwan semiconductor manufacturing company ( tsmc ) employing 0 . 18 - μm standard digital cmos process ( cl018 ). the minimum transistor length is 0 . 20 μm , restricted by the process design kit . the application modules implement sinusoidal oscillators , second - order high - q bandpass filters , and second - order lowpass filters , all operable up to the middle gigahertz range . the ic test chips were probed with a cascade microtech ® microwave probe station , to route gigahertz signals in and out of the test chip . the modules are measured with a hewlett - packard ® ( hp ) 8593e spectrum analyzer , an hp - 8722es vector network analyzer ( vna ), and a tektronix ® 11801 b high - speed digital sampling oscilloscope . 1 . as shown in fig6 a , 6b , and 7 , the oscillators can operate from 1 ghz to 5 . 6 ghz , depending on the chosen transistor length and biasing . the measured maximum frequency is 80 % of the 7 ghz obtained in simulation . here and below , the main discrepancy is believed caused by inaccuracies in the device models provided by the ic fabrication service provider and estimating the values of the parasitics based on vender testing data . fig6 a shows the output spectrum of a 2 . 6 - ghz oscillator having a 50 - ω output driver . at the 2 . 59 ghz center frequency , the magnitude is − 30 . 8 dbm , corresponding to the peak - to - peak voltage of 130 mv . fig6 b shows that the second harmonic of the oscillator is − 67 . 1 db . the attenuation of the output driver at 2 . 59 ghz is 17 db . the third and higher harmonics are below the noise floor (≈− 73 dbm ). fig7 shows the output spectrum of a 5 . 6 - ghz oscillator having a 50 - ω output driver . at the 5 . 65 ghz center frequency , the magnitude is − 52 . 8 dbm , corresponding to a peak - to - peak voltage of 134 mv . the attenuation of the output buffer at 5 . 65 ghz is 39 . 3 db . the second and higher harmonics are below the noise floor (≈− 73 dbm ). 2 . as shown in fig8 a , 8b , 9 a , and 9 b , the bandpass filters were measured at 2 . 8 ghz and 5 . 3 ghz , with stable and repeatable quality factors up to 665 . higher q values are possible , but the circuits become too sensitive to parameter variations to be useful . when q is too high , a slight perturbation may render the circuit unstable . the filter performance agrees with the successful operation of the 2 . 6 - ghz and 5 . 6 - ghz oscillators that have the same bandpass filters at their core . fig8 a and 8b show , respectively , the output spectrum and passband details of the 2 . 8 - ghz bandpass filter after subtracting the effects of the input and output buffers . the center frequency f 0 = 2 . 79 ghz and q = 661 . the mid - band gain is adjustable via external biasing . fig9 a and 9b show , respectively , the output spectrum and passband details of the 5 . 3 - ghz bandpass filter after subtracting the effects of the input and output buffers . the center frequency is f 0 = 5 . 31 ghz and q = 289 . the mid - band gain is adjustable via external biasing . the stopband attenuation decreases at high frequencies because of the capacitive coupling within and between the devices . 3 . the lowpass filters are operable from dc up to the gigahertz range . the − 3 - db cutoff frequency is 2 - 4 ghz depending on the chosen transistor lengths and biasing . 4 . the nominal supply voltage was 1 . 8 v . the oscillators implemented with the active inductor circuit can operate at 1 . 5 v ; but the operating frequency is reduced from 5 . 6 ghz to 4 . 3 ghz because of the reduced biasing currents . at 1 . 8 v , the maximum differential signal level ( 1 - db compression ) is 260 mv . 5 . all tuning handles , i f , i s , v f , v q , work as expected . the maximum operating frequency of the active inductor in tsmc 0 . 20 - μm cmos technology is around 5 . 8 ghz as demonstrated by the oscillators . in the second - order bandpass filter application , q r of the active inductor equals that of the q of the bandpass filter ( defined as the ratio of center frequency to − 3 - db bandwidth ). thus , q r as high as 600 is stable and practical with the active inductor structure , in spite of various perturbations , such as from varying power supply , temperature , or light level . the modules can become unstable with q - tuning , which implies that infinite or even negative q values are achievable ( but undesired , of course , in most cases ). as described in the background of the invention , prior active inductor structures have particular problems that are solved by the active inductor structure of this invention . the solutions are summarized as follows : 1 . the transistor count in the preferred embodiment is 3 , and the transistors are all nmos . in contrast , the transistor count in karsilayan &# 39 ; s circuit [ 14 ] is also 3 , but two are pmos , and only one is nmos . the active inductor circuit of this invention exhibits a 40 % improvement in operating frequency for a given fabrication technology , over karsilayan &# 39 ; s circuit , because the mobility of nmos is 4 - 5 times greater than pmos in submicron technologies . it is noted that the “ regulated cascode ” active inductor structure uses a minimum of two nmos transistors ( fig2 a ), but its quality factor is very low (& lt ; 10 ), and measures have to be taken to enhance q , to implement functionalities such as narrow - band bandpass ( frequency - selection ) filters . 2 . the active inductor circuit of this invention is very simple , and is able to operate in the mid 10 - ghz range when implemented with 0 . 20 - μm cmos technology . the preferred gyrator has only one internal node ( node 2 ) that is utilized to compensate the high losses of submicron mosfets . therefore , the active inductor structure is highly efficient . because of its simplicity , design for applications is very straightforward and the silicon layout very compact ( typically around 30 μm × 30 μm for bandpass filters including the surrounding double - guardrings ). 3 . the preferred active inductor circuit contains an intrinsic loss - compensating mechanism using only parasitic capacitors . it can be made lossless , that is , the quality factor can be infinite . the circuit can use minimum - length transistors with no penalty and , therefore , fully exploit the speed potential offered by modern submicron cmos fabrication technologies . 4 . no cascode structure is necessary to enhance q because the circuit can self - compensate for the high loss of submicron mosfets . therefore , the preferred circuit can operate at very low supply voltages ( as low as 1 . 5 v with the current 0 . 20 - μm cmos technology , with the mosfet threshold voltage v t ≈ 0 . 5 to 0 . 7 v ). 5 . the active inductor structure is fully compatible with standard digital cmos technologies . no mim capacitors and resistors are used . there is no need for adjusting the threshold voltage v t to operate at a low supply voltage . photo - micrographs of the all - nmos active inductor test chip are presented to demonstrate the very compact layout , as follows : fig1 shows the total ic layout containing ten circuit modules 60 . the total ic die size is 2 , 650 μm × 2 , 650 μm , including the bond - pad ring . fig1 a shows one of the 5 - ghz oscillator modules 60 with its associated three probe pads 62 ( center - to - center distance is equal to 150 μm ). the larger circuit module is an output driver 64 driving a 50 - ω load and a 170 - ff probe - pad capacitance . its input capacitance is less than 1 . 0 femtofarad . output driver 64 also converts the differential signal into a single - ended output required for the test equipment . the smaller circuit module is a 5 - ghz oscillator core 66 implemented with the active inductor circuit of this invention . fig1 b is a further enlarged view of oscillator core 66 . the layouts for the bandpass and the lowpass filter circuits are similar . in addition to a differential all - nmos active inductor , the above - described circuit cores also contain auxiliary circuitry to implement their specific functions . the layouts of the cores are very simple and compact because the active inductor core is simple . this eases the layout design and verification , as well as operation at gigahertz frequencies , because the interconnect capacitances are very low . to properly bias the transistors in fig3 a ( an abstracted version of fig3 b ), i f and i s should be roughly around 250 μa when the width / length of transistors m 1 - 3 is 3 / 0 . 2 microns . i f and i s should be approximately proportional to the transistors aspect ratios ( width / length ). however , the exact values of i f and i s are not necessary for obtaining an operative circuit , though they affect the circuit performances . the selection of bias voltage v cm in fig3 a and 3b is not critical to obtain an operative circuit , though it affects the circuit q and f 0 to some extent . a suggested value for v cm is two - third ( ⅔ ) of the supply voltage v dd , and it can be adjusted to obtain the desired performance . in the rare cases when the circuit is unstable ( q & lt ; 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[ 14 ] aydin karsilayan and rolf schaumann , “ a high - frequency high - q cmos active inductor with dc bias control ,” the 43 rd ieee midwest symposium on circuits and systems , pp . 486 - 489 , 2000 . [ 15 ] haiqiao xiao and rolf schaumann , “ very - high - frequency lowpass filter based on a cmos active inductor ,” 2002 ieee international symposium on circuits and systems ( iscas 2002 ), vol . 2 , 2002 , pp . 1 - 4 . [ 16 ] haiqiao xiao and rolf schaumann , “ a low - voltage low - power cmos 5 - ghz oscillator based on active inductors ,” 9 th ieee international conference on electronics , circuits and systems ( icecs2002 ), dubrovnik , croatia , september 2002 . it will be obvious to those having skill in the art that many changes may be made to the details of the above - described embodiments without departing from the underlying principles of the invention . the scope of the present invention should , therefore , be determined only by the following claims .