A - 119.2 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz, 1.5 mW, Fully Integrated, 2.5-GHz, CMOS VCO Using Helical Inductors

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 457-459

  Gil, Joonho ^a   Song, Seong Sik ^a   Lee, Hyunjin ^a   Shin, Hyungcheol ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CMOS; Helical inductors; Phase noise; RF; Voltage controlled oscillators

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

HELICAL INDUCTORS;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0242443780     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2003.819382     Document Type: Article

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