A 131 GHz push-push VCO in 90-nm CMOS technology

Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 613-616

  Huang, Ping Chen ^a   Liu, Ren Chieh ^a   Chang, Hong Yeh ^a   Lin, Chin Shen ^a   Lei, Ming Fong ^a   Wang, Huei ^a   Su, Chia Yi ^b   Chang, Chia Long ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CMOS; Cross coupled; Millimeter wave (MMW); MMIC; Phase noise; Push push; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

CMOS TECHNOLOGY; PHASE NOISE;

SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 27644536828     PISSN: 15292517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFIC.2005.1489888     Document Type: Conference Paper

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