A varactor configuration minimizing the amplitude-to-phase noise conversion in VCOs

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 481-488

  Bonfanti, Andrea ^a   Levantino, Salvatore ^a   Samori, Carlo ^a   Lacaita, Andrea L ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diode varactor; Flicker noise up conversion; Phase noise; Voltage controlled oscillator

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TOPOLOGY; TUNING; VARACTORS;

DIODE VARACTOR; FLICKER NOISE UP-CONVERSION; LC-TUNED OSCILLATORS; PHASE NOISE;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 33645826077     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2005.858764     Document Type: Article

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