A 10-GHz CMOS Quadrature LC-VCO for Multirate Optical Applications

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1626-1634

  Li, Shenggao ^a   Kipnis, Issy ^a   Ismail, Mohammed ^b  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimodal oscillation; Jitter; Multirate; Oscillators; Phase ambiguity; Quadrature; SONET; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CASCADE CONNECTIONS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

BIMODAL OSCILLATIONS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0141989580     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2003.817258     Document Type: Article

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