Provided is a differential
cascode voltage-controlled oscillator that can reduce a
phase noise by the use of a quality factor enhancement technique with
negative conductance and can mitigate a ground-caused
noise effect by the use of a
cascode connection technique. The differential
cascode voltage-controlled oscillator includes an AC
signal generator, and first through fourth cascode amplifiers. The AC
signal generator generates an AC
signal with a certain frequency according to a control
voltage. The first
cascode amplifier is connected in a cascode configuration, and amplifies the AC signal to output the resulting signal to a first output terminal. The second
cascode amplifier is connected in a cascode configuration and connected to the first
cascode amplifier in a cross-coupled configuration, to amplify the AC signal to output the resulting signal to a second output terminal. The third cascode
amplifier is connected in a cascode configuration to amplify the AC signal to output the resulting signal to the first output terminal. The fourth cascode
amplifier is connected in a cascode configuration and connected to the third cascode
amplifier in a cross-coupled configuration, to amplify the AC signal to output the resulting signal to the second output terminal. Herein, the first and second cascode amplifiers and the third and fourth cascode amplifiers are symmetrically connected to differentially amplify the AC signal.