The effect of MOSFET second-order nonlinearity on active inductor-based oscillators

• Main Authors: A'ain, Abu Khari, Ler, Chun Lee, Kordesch, Albert Victor
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) 2007
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9604/1/AbuKhariA%27ain2007_TheEffectOfMOSFETSecond.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9604/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/APACE.2007.4603974

Second-order nonlinearity of the MOSFET has significant impact on active inductor (AI) based oscillators, regardless of whether they are single-ended or differential. By using Taylor series expansion, this paper shows that second-order nonlinearity of the MOSFET will cause a shift in the DC biasing...