Abstract:
Integrated circuits are disclosed including at least one inductor-capacitor component, where each of the inductor-capacitor components includes an inductor and a capacitor constructed between the inductor and a substrate. The inductor includes at least one metal loop over a shield pattern forming a first capacitor terminal over patterned oxide layer with a second capacitor layer between the patterned oxide layer and the substrate.
Abstract:
A technique for improving frequency synthesizer performance by frequency-compensating charge pump current in order to maintain a consistent loop bandwidth over a wide operating frequency range is described. A relationship between the capacitance value associated with a voltage controlled oscillator resonant tank and the magnitude of current pulses in a related charge pump is exploited to bound the loop bandwidth of the frequency synthesizer over both operating frequency and process variation. A control state machine generates digital coarse tune values that dynamically select a capacitance for the resonant tank, such that the voltage controlled oscillator operates within an optimal control voltage range. Each dynamically selected capacitance value is then used to determine the magnitude of current pulses in the charge pump.