A 5-GHz fully integrated full PMOS low-phase-noise LC VCO

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2087-2091

  De Astis, Giuseppe ^a,b,e   Cordeau, David ^a,c,e   Paillot, Jean Marie ^a,d,e,f   Dascalescu, Lucian ^a,d,e,g,h,i  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b RuSS   (Italy)

^c ACCO   (France)

^d UPRES EA 1219   (France)

^e University Institute of Technology ^*  (France)

^f University Institute of Technology   (France)

^g IAS   (France)

^h Société des Electriciens et Electroniciens SEE   (France)

ⁱ Club Electrotechnique Electronique Automatique (EEA)   (France)

Author keywords

Cyclostationary noise; Design method; Phase noise; PMOS; Symmetric center tapped inductor; Varactors; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSTATIONARY NOISE; DESIGN METHOD; PHASE NOISE; PMOS; SYMMETRIC CENTER-TAPPED INDUCTOR;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TUNING; VARACTORS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

MOS DEVICES;

EID: 27844473207     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2005.854601     Document Type: Conference Paper

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