High-frequency LC VCO design using capacitive degeneration

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2359-2370

  Jung, Byunghoo ^a   Harjani, Ramesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog integrated circuits; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Capacitive degeneration; High frequency LC oscillators; Negative resistance cell; Voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OSCILLATIONS; TOPOLOGY; TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; BICMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CAPACITIVE DEGENERATION; HIGH-FREQUENCY LC OSCILLATORS; NEGATIVE RESISTANCE CELL;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 10444234242     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.835643     Document Type: Conference Paper

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