Research Article

A Low Power Voltage Controlled Oscillator Design

Table 2


VCO circuitPhase noise (dBc/Hz)Control voltage

3-stage NAND VCO−80.9461 at 1 MHz1.8 V
5-stage NAND VCO−84.5595 at 1 MHz1.8 V
7-stage NAND VCO−86.6507 at 1 MHz1.8 V