A 2-V 2-GHz BJT variable frequency oscillator

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1406-1410

  Chen, Wei Zen ^b   Wu, Jieh Tsorng ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a IEEE

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Hewlett Packard Microwave S   (United States)

^e Hewlett Packard Microwave S ^*

Author keywords

Negative impedance converter; Variable frequency oscillator; Variable impedance converter; Voltage controlled oscillator

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005078177     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.711339     Document Type: Article

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