Minimum achievable phase noise of RC oscillators

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 630-636

  Navid, Reza ^a   Lee, Thomas H ^a   Dutton, Robert W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated oscillator; Jitter; Phase noise; Relaxation oscillator; Ring oscillator

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; JITTER; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RESISTORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

INTEGRATED OSCILLATORS; INTERFERING CHANNELS; PHASE NOISE; RING OSCILLATORS;

RELAXATION OSCILLATORS;

EID: 15944397012     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2005.843591     Document Type: Article

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