Low phase noise IP VCO for multistandard communication using a 0.35-μm BiCMOS SiGe technology

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 71-73

  Coustou, A ^a   Dubuc, D ^a   Graffeuil, J ^a   Llopis, O ^a   Tournier, E ^a   Plana, R ^a  

^a LAAS CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic simulations; Integrated circuit design; Low phase noise; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) oscillators; SiGe BiCMOS

Indexed keywords

BUFFER CIRCUITS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GERMANIUM; TUNING; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS; X RAYS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN; LOW PHASE NOISE; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (MMIC) OSCILLATORS; SIGE BICMOS;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 13844256576     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2004.842821     Document Type: Article

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