Large-signal analysis of MOS varactors in CMOS -Gm LC VCOs

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1325-1332

  Bunch, Ryan Lee ^a   Raman, Sanjay ^b  

^a RF MICRO DEVICES   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; Nonlinear circuits; Oscillators; Varactors

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; MOS CAPACITORS; OSCILLATIONS; TUNING; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

LARGE-SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

VARACTORS;

EID: 0042199032     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2003.814416     Document Type: Article

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