Method and arrangement for a voltage controlled oscillator circuit
View Patent ↗In a voltage controlled oscillator circuit comprising two transistors, the first terminals of each said two transistors, are coupled together and to a supply voltage, two interconnected resonator units, and each of said two resonator units couples a respective second terminal of said two transistors to third terminals of both said transistors.
1. A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) circuit comprising:
a first transistor;
a second transistor, wherein
the first transistor and the second transistor each comprising a first, second, and third terminal;
a supply voltage, wherein
the first terminal of the first transistor and the first terminal of the second transistor are coupled to each other, and
the supply voltage;
a first resonator unit; and
a second resonator unit, wherein
the first resonator unit couples the second terminal of the first transistor to the third terminal of the second transistor, and
the second resonator unit couples the second terminal of the second transistor to the third terminal of the first transistor.
2. The voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 1 , wherein said first resonator unit and said second resonator unit share and are coupled via at least one common capacitor.
3. The voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one common capacitor couples said second terminal of the first transistor and said second terminal of the second transistor.
4. The voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 3 , wherein said series coupled inductor and capacitor provides negative feedback paths for common-mode signals.
5. The voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one common capacitor couples said third terminal of the first transistor and the third terminal of the second transistor.
6. The voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 1 , further comprising a respective AC unit coupling
the second terminal of the first transistor to a common supply voltage to provide DC paths and to provide an impedance to AC signals; and
the second terminal of the first transistor to the common supply voltage to provide DC paths and to provide said impedance to AC signals.
7. The voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 1 , wherein said transistors are bipolar transistors, and wherein each of said first terminal is a base terminal, each of said second terminal is a collector terminal and each of said third terminal is an emitter terminal.
8. The voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 1 , wherein
the third terminal of the first transistor is coupled to a DC current supply and is isolated from ground; and
the third terminal of the second transistor is coupled to the DC current supply and is isolated from ground.
9. The voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 1 , wherein the first resonator unit and the second resonator unit comprise a Clapp-type resonator.
10. The voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 1 , wherein said voltage controlled oscillator is balanced.
11. The voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 1 , wherein the first and the second transistors are selected from the group consisting of a bipolar and CMOS.
12. The voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 1 , wherein the first resonator comprises
a first inductor and a first capacitor coupled in series between the second terminal of the first transistor and the third terminal of the second transistor, and
a second capacitor coupled in series between the second terminal of the first transistor and the third terminal of the first transistor; and
the second resonator comprises a second inductor and a third capacitor coupled in series between the second terminal of the second transistor and the third terminal of the first transistor, and
a fourth capacitor coupled in series between the second terminal of the second transistor and the third terminal of the second transistor.