Design of low-noise, low-power 10-GHz VCO using 0.18-μm CMOS technology

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E89-C, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-205

  Ohhata, Kenichi ^a   Harasawa, Katsuyoshi ^b   Honda, Makoto ^b   Yamashita, Kiichi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

10 GHz; CMOS; VCO

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; POWER CONTROL; TOPOLOGY;

10 GHZ; CMOS; PHASE NOISE; POWER DISSIPATION;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 33645756863     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: 17451353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e89-c.2.203     Document Type: Article

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