Current reused LC VCOs

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 736-738

  Oh, Nam Jin ^a   Lee, Sang Gug ^a  

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

Author keywords

CMOS; Differential voltage controlled oscillator (VCO); Phase noise; Quadrature VCO (QVCO); Radio frequency (RF)

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DC MACHINERY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FREQUENCIES; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; TRANSISTORS;

DIFFERENTIAL VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR (VCO); PHASE NOISE; QUADRATURE VCO (QVCO); RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF);

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 28744457728     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.858993     Document Type: Article

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