arxiveess.SP2026-07-09
A 2.4 GHz LC-VCO Fractional-N Phase Locked Loop Open-Source Design in 130-nm BiCMOS
Manimohan Thiriloganathan, Shenal Ranasinghe, Avishka Herath, Rajinthan Rameshkumar, Hansa Marasinghe, Anjana Viduranga, et al.
Radio frequency (RF) integrated circuit design using the open-source complementary Metal-Oxide semiconductor (CMOS) ecosystem, such as for phase-locked loops (PLLs), is limited by the absence of reliable passive device models, particularly on-chip spiral inductors. Consequently,…