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A Fast Startup CMOS Crystal Oscillator Using Two-Step Injection


Abstract:

Fast startup crystal oscillators (XOs) are needed in heavily duty-cycled communication systems for implementing aggressive dynamic power management schemes. This article ...Show More

Abstract:

Fast startup crystal oscillators (XOs) are needed in heavily duty-cycled communication systems for implementing aggressive dynamic power management schemes. This article presents the ways to improve startup time of XOs. Using a two-step injection technique in a three-step process, the proposed technique reduces the XO startup time to within 1.5× the theoretical minimum. By solving the differential equation governing crystal resonator under injection for arbitrary injection frequency, the behavior of energy build-up inside a crystal resonator is analyzed and used to determine optimum injection time as a function of the desired XO steady-state amplitude and injection frequency error. Bounds on tolerable injection frequency error to guarantee the existence of optimal timing are provided. Fabricated in a 65-nm CMOS process, the proposed 54-MHz fast startup XO occupies an active area of 0.075 mm2 and achieves a startup time of less than 20 μs across a temperature range of - 40 °C to 85 °C while consuming a startup energy of 34.9 nJ and operating from a 1.0-V supply.
Published in: IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits ( Volume: 54, Issue: 12, December 2019)
Page(s): 3257 - 3268
Date of Publication: 10 September 2019

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