Quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator circuit with phase shift
A quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator circuit with phase shift includes two voltage-controlled oscillators with the same structure, wherein the two voltage-controlled oscillators are connected to each other through input and output ports, and the two voltage-controlled oscillators respectively include a cross-coupled oscillating circuit, an injection locking circuit, a resonant circuit and a voltage-controlled current source circuit which are electrically connected to each other; and signals are injected through the injection locking circuit and coupled with the oscillating circuit, so as to output a quadrature signal. An oscillator is enabled to operate stably in one mode by means of a simple circuit structure, and a good phase shift can be provided for the resonant circuit in a lower frequency band; and meanwhile, a tuning range of the oscillator is improved without increasing phase noise.
1. A quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator circuit with phase shift, comprising a first voltage-controlled oscillator and a second voltage-controlled oscillator with a same structure, the first voltage-controlled oscillator and the second voltage-controlled oscillator being connected to each other through input and output ports, wherein the first voltage-controlled oscillator comprises a first cross-coupled oscillating circuit, a first injection locking circuit, a first resonant circuit and a first voltage-controlled current source circuit which are electrically connected to each other, wherein,
the first cross-coupled oscillating circuit is composed of four transistors, wherein a gate of a first transistor and a gate of a third transistor are jointly connected to a bias voltage, a drain of the first transistor is connected to a gate of a fourth transistor through a first node, a drain of the third transistor is connected to a gate of a second transistor through a second node, and a source of the second transistor is connected to a source of the fourth transistor through a third node,
wherein the first injection locking circuit is composed of four transistors, a gate of a fifth transistor and a gate of a seventh transistor are jointly connected to the bias voltage, a drain of the fifth transistor is connected to the first node, a drain of the seventh transistor is connected to the second node, a source of a sixth transistor is connected to a source of an eighth transistor through a fourth node, a gate of the sixth transistor is connected to a positive quadrature input port, and a gate of the eighth transistor is connected to a negative quadrature input port.
2. The quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator circuit with the phase shift according to claim 1 , wherein the first resonant circuit further comprises a first center tap inductor, two ends of the first center tap inductor are respectively connected to the first node and the second node, and a center tap is connected to a supply voltage.
3. The quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator circuit with the phase shift according to claim 1 , wherein the first voltage-controlled current source circuit comprises a first cross-coupled current source and a first injection locking current source, wherein a drain of a ninth transistor is connected to the third node, a source of the ninth transistor is grounded, and a gate of the ninth transistor is connected to a first control voltage to form the first cross-coupled current source; and a drain of a tenth transistor is connected to the fourth node, a source of the tenth transistor is grounded, and a gate of the tenth transistor is connected to a second control voltage to form the first injection locking current source.
4. The quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator circuit with the phase shift according to claim 1 , wherein the second voltage-controlled oscillator comprises a second cross-coupled oscillating circuit, a second injection locking circuit, a second resonant circuit and a second voltage-controlled current source circuit which are electrically connected to each other, and has a structure same as the first voltage-controlled oscillator, and in the second injection locking circuit, a gate of a sixteenth transistor is connected to a positive in-phase input port, and a gate of an eighteenth transistor is connected to a negative in-phase input port.
5. The quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator circuit with the phase shift according to claim 1 , wherein the first node of the first voltage-controlled oscillator is connected to a negative in-phase output port, and the first negative in-phase output port is connected to a negative in-phase input port of the second voltage-controlled oscillator; the second node of the first voltage-controlled oscillator is connected to a positive in-phase output port, and the first positive in-phase output port is connected to a positive in-phase input port of the second voltage-controlled oscillator; a fifth node of the second voltage-controlled oscillator is connected to a positive quadrature output port, and the second positive quadrature output port is connected to a positive quadrature input port of the first voltage-controlled oscillator; and a sixth node of the second voltage-controlled oscillator is connected to a negative quadrature output port, and the negative quadrature output port is connected to a negative quadrature input port of the first voltage-controlled oscillator.