Analyzing the dynamic behavior of RF oscillators

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1525-1534

  Buonomo, Antonio ^a   Lo Schiavo, Alessandro ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analog circuits; Asymptotic methods; Oscillators; Perturbation methods; RF circuits; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ANALOG CIRCUITS; ASYMPTOTIC PERTURBATION METHOD; RADIO FREQUENCY CIRCUITS; RADIO FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0036858169     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2002.804554     Document Type: Article

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