How to build a VCO behavioral model?

[marylin]

vco design

I was asked to build a vco behavioral model(0.13um CMOS),how do it?

should I design a VCO from the transistor-level or system-level(bottom-up or up-bottom)? how to do it? And what the process of build a behavioral model is ?

thanks!

 

[rillyxue]

vco design

you can do it using verilog-A.
and you can also do it with ads or matlab.

 

[Vamsi Mocherla]

vco design

Constructing a VCO in Verilog A would mean that you are making a linear model of the VCO. This can be implemented using a simple transfer function like wout =Kv/s*Vcontrol. So, you also need to model amplitude limiting, which is very important for phase noise to dominate. Also, you need to model the power supply sensitivity which also puts a ripple of the power supply into the output waveform.

There are a lot of non-idealities you have to model as well. Starting point would need you to get the required gain, Kv. You also can model the non-linearity in the gain as well.

 

[marylin]

Re: vco design

Constructing a VCO in Verilog A would mean that you are making a linear model of the VCO. This can be implemented using a simple transfer function like wout =Kv/s*Vcontrol. So, you also need to model amplitude limiting, which is very important for phase noise to dominate. Also, you need to model the power supply sensitivity which also puts a ripple of the power supply into the output waveform.

There are a lot of non-idealities you have to model as well. Starting point would need you to get the required gain, Kv. You also can model the non-linearity in the gain as well.

but how can I build the vco model,shoul I copy the mathematical from the book or I can do it myself?

 

[northeast1]

Re: vco design

I was asked to build a vco behavioral model(0.13um CMOS),how do it?

should I design a VCO from the transistor-level or system-level(bottom-up or up-bottom)? how to do it? And what the process of build a behavioral model is ?

thanks!

If you use spice simulation, you can use Verilog-A, commonlib of eldo has the vco behavior model.