A radio frequency voltage controlled oscillator (RF VCO) includes a
differential oscillator including two field effect transistors (FETs) in
which an electric current flows laterally to a substrate and a current
source including a bipolar transistor in which the electric current flows
in a direction either perpendicular or lateral to the substrate from an
emitter to a collector via a base. Therefore, 1/f noise is very small.
Resultantly, the RF VCO using the bipolar junction transistor as the
current source reduces the 1/f noise generated by the current source of a
RF CMOS VCO and, ultimately, the phase noise of the VCO.