A symmetrical 6-GHz fully integrated cascode coupling CMOS LC quadrature VCO

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 670-672

  Chang, Jae Hong ^a,b,c   Kim, Choong Ki ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

1 f noise; Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS); Quadrature; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

1/F NOISE; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; LC OSCILLATORS; QUADRATURE; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS (VCO);

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MOSFET DEVICES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 27144549907     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.856850     Document Type: Article

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