Symmetrical spiral inductor design and optimization for VCO design in 0.35µm CMOS technology

IEEE International Symposium on Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1066-1069

  Choi, Yeung Bun ^a   Teo, Tee Hui ^a   Liao, Huailin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHASE NOISE; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

CURRENT CONSUMPTION; DIFFERENTIAL MODE; OFFSET FREQUENCIES; SELF RESONANT FREQUENCY; SELF-RESONANCE FREQUENCY; SPIRAL INDUCTOR DESIGN; SYMMETRICAL INDUCTOR; VOLTAGE CONTROL OSCILLATORS;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 18144363860     PISSN: 1523553X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICASIC.2003.1277396     Document Type: Conference Paper

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