CMOS LC voltage controlled oscillator design using multiwalled and single-walled carbon nanotube wire inductors
Abstract
We have utilized our Multiwalled Carbon NanoTube (MWCNT) and Single-Walled Carbon NanoTube (SWCNT) bundle interconnects model in a widely used π model to study the performances of MWCNT and SWCNT bundle wire inductors and compared these with copper (Cu) inductors. The calculation results show that the Q-factors of Carbon NanoTube (CNT) wire (SWCNT bundle and MWCNT) inductors are higher than that of the Cu wire inductor. This is mainly due to much lower resistance of CNT and negligible skin effect in carbon nanotubes at higher frequencies. The application of CNT wire inductor in LC VCO is also studied and the Cadence/Spectre simulations show that VCOs with CNT bundle wire inductors have significantly improved performance such as the higher oscillation frequency and lower phase noise due to their smaller resistances and higher Q-factors. It is also noticed that CMOS LC VCO using a SWCNT bundle wire inductor has better performance when compared with the performance of LC VCO using the MWCNT wire inductor due to its lower resistance and higher Q-factor.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2012
- Source ID
- 10.1145/2287696.2287698
Entities
People
- Ashok Srivastava
- Ashwani K. Sharma
- Clay Mayberry
- Yang Liu
- Yao Xu
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory
- Louisiana State University