A low phase noise silicon 18-GHz push-push VCO

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 4-6

  Dussopt, Laurent ^a   Rebeiz, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Oscillator; Phase noise; Silicon; Varactor; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRIP DEVICES; RESONATORS; TRANSISTORS; TUNING; VARACTORS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

MICROSTRIP RESONATORS;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0037252965     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2002.807699     Document Type: Article

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