Inductance-tuned LC-VCO for reconfigurable RF circuit design

IEICE Electronics Express

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 156-159

  Yoshihara, Yoshiaki ^a   Sugawara, Hirotaka ^a   Ito, Hiroyuki ^a   Okada, Kenichi ^a   Masu, Kazuya ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Oscillator; Reconfigurable; Variable Inductor; VCO

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645588246     PISSN: 13492543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1587/elex.1.156     Document Type: Article

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