Wide tuning range LC-VCO using variable inductor for reconfigurable RF circuit

IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences

Volumn E88-A, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 507-511

  Yoshihara, Yoshiaki ^a   Sugawara, Hirotaka ^a   Ito, Hiroyuki ^a   Okada, Kenichi ^a   Msua, Kazuya ^a  

^a Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Oscillator; Reconfigurable RF circuit; Variable inductor; VCO

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; TUNING; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

PHASE NOISE; RECONFIGURABLE RF CIRCUITS; TUNING RANGE; VARIABLE INDUCTORS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 24144442752     PISSN: 09168508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietfec/e88-a.2.507     Document Type: Article

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