A CMOS direct injection-locked oscillator topology as high-frequency low-power frequency divider

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1170-1174

  Tiebout, Marc ^a  

^a INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CMOS; Divider; Injection locking; Low power; Oscillator; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS; SWITCHING NETWORKS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

DIVIDER; INJECTION LOCKING; LOW POWER; OSCILLATOR;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 3042737845     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.829937     Document Type: Conference Paper

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