Fully-integrated low phase noise bipolar differential VCOs at 2.9 and 4.4 GHz

European Solid-State Circuits Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 198-201

  Niknejad, Ali M ^a   Meyer, Robert G ^a   Tham, Joo Leong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Rockwell Semiconductor Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR PROCESS; LOW PHASE NOISE; TUNING RANGES;

CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; DESIGN; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

PHASE NOISE;

EID: 0003094740     PISSN: 19308833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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