Student project: Quadrature Oscillator with Novel Active Inductors

What you will do

• Investigate active inductor circuit parameters for lowest possible noise and tunability.
• Design a quadrature oscillator circuit in CMOS with quadrature outputs.
• Also investigate if more than stages can be used to create a ring oscillator.
• Investigate how the power consumption can be reduced while keeping noise low.
• Do physical layout, extract layout parasitics and optimize the circuit.

What we do for you

You will learn radio frequency integrated oscillator design and trade-offs.

Who you are

• Basic knowledge CMOS circuits.
• Understanding of radio frequency concepts.
• Understanding how noise is related to MOSFET bias.
• You will need to study Oscillator phase noise concepts and relate them to design parameters.  

Interested

Does this position sound like an interesting next step in your career at imec? Don’t hesitate to submit your application by clicking on ‘APPLY NOW’.
Should you have more questions about the job, you can contact jobs@imec.nl.