Performance and Trends in Millimetre-Wave CMOS Oscillators for Emerging Wireless Applications

Table 1

SoA mm-wave CMOS LC-VCOs: summary of performance.

Reference	Tech.; (nm)	𝑓0 (GHz)	𝑉DD; (V)	𝑃𝐶; (mW)	Phase noise; (dBc/Hz)	FOM (dBc/Hz)
[6]	130	30.3	0.6	7.8	−114 @ 1 MHz	−196
[7]	90	57.6	0.6	7.2	−102 @ 1 MHz	−188
[9]	90	139.8	1.2	9.6	−75 @ 1 MHz	−178