Effect of varactor nonlinearity on the phase noise of completely integrated VCOs

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1360-1367

  Rogers, John W M ^a   Macedo, José A ^b   Plett, Calvin ^c  

^a SiGe Microsystems   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH IN MOTION   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VARACTORS;

PHASE NOISE;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0034270136     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.868048     Document Type: Article

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