An 18-mW 2.5-GHz/900-MHz BiCMOS dual frequency synthesizer with < 10-Hz RF carrier resolution

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 515-520

  Rhee, Woogeun ^a,b,c   Bisanti, Biagio ^b,d   Ali, Akbar ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Rockwell Semiconductor Systems   (United States)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Analog integrated circuits; BiCMOS RF integrated circuits; Delta sigma modulation; Frequency synthesizer; Phase locked loop

Indexed keywords

BICMOS DUAL FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER; CLOCK SIGNAL; DIGITAL NOISE COUPLING REDUCTION; EMITTER COUPLED LOGIC; FREQUENCY RESOLUTION; FREQUENCY SWITCHING; IN-BAND NOISE; LOAD ENABLE SIGNAL; PHASE AND FREQUENCY DETECTOR; RADIO FREQUENCY CARRIER RESOLUTION;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; DELTA SIGMA MODULATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MODULATORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NOISE ABATEMENT; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS;

EID: 0036539971     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.991389     Document Type: Article

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