Varactor characteristics, oscillator tuning curves, and AM-FM co0nversion

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1033-1039

  Hegazi, Emad ^a   Abidi, Asad A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AM FM conversion; Differential LC oscillator; Oscillator; Phase noise; Tuning curve; Varactor; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) sensitivity

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CAPACITANCE; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; MOS CAPACITORS;

TUNING CURVES;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 0037832516     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2003.811968     Document Type: Article

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