Spectrum folding and phase noise in LC tuned oscillators

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 781-790

  Samori, Carlo ^b   Lacaita, Andrea L ^a,b   Villa, Francesco ^c   Zappa, Franco ^c  

^a IEEE

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Jitter; Oscillator noise; Oscillator stability; Oscillators; Phase jitter; Phase noise; Voltage controlled oscillators

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; LINEAR NETWORK ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMAL NOISE; TUNING;

PHASE JITTER; PHASE NOISE;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0032120045     PISSN: 10577130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/82.700925     Document Type: Article

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