Fully-monolithic 3V SiGe differential voltage-controlled oscillators for 5GHz and 17GHz wireless applications

European Solid-State Circuits Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 332-335

  Plouchart, Jean Olivier ^a   Klepser, Bernd Ulrich ^a   Ainspan, Herschel ^a   Soyuer, Mehmet ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTER FREQUENCY; CONTROL VOLTAGES; FIGURE OF MERITS; FULLY INTEGRATED; SUPPLY VOLTAGE VARIATION; TUNING RANGES; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED-OSCILLATOR; WIRELESS APPLICATION;

OSCILLISTORS; PHASE NOISE; SILICON ALLOYS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TUNING;

EID: 0002109760     PISSN: 19308833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ESSCIR.1998.186276     Document Type: Conference Paper

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