A sub-1-V 4-GHz CMOS VCO and a 12.5-GHz oscillator for low-voltage and high-frequency applications

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

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 919-926

  Mostafa, Ahmed H ^a,b   El Gamal, Mourad N ^a,b   Rafla, Ramez A ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analog integrated circuit; CMOS LC based; CMOS RF; High frequency; Integrated inductor; Integrated VCO; Low voltage; Phase noise; Varactor; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO); Wireless

Indexed keywords

ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; OSCILLATING FREQUENCIES;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; OPTIMIZATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VARACTORS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0035493811     PISSN: 10577130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/82.974779     Document Type: Article

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