AM-to-PM conversion in varactor-tuned oscillators

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

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 509-513

  Levantino, Salvatore ^a   Samori, Carlo ^a   Zanchi, Alfio ^b   Lacaita, Andrea L ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude to phase modulation (AM PM) conversion; Analog integrated circuits; Phase noise; Voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs)

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; PHASE MODULATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VARACTORS;

ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHASE NOISE; VARACTOR TUNED OSCILLATORS;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0036663259     PISSN: 10577130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2002.804051     Document Type: Article

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