2.4-GHz CMOS monolithic VCO with an MOS varactor

Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-24

  Andreani, Pietro ^a   Mattisson, Sven ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MOSFET DEVICES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VARACTORS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

ON-CHIP HOLLOW SPIRAL INDUCTORS;

LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0033640493     PISSN: 09251030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008363808743     Document Type: Article

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