A low phase-noise CMOS VCO with harmonic tuned LC tank

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2917-2923

  Kim, Huijung ^b   Ryu, Seonghan ^c   Chung, Yujin ^c   Choi, Jinsung ^b   Kim, Bumman ^a,b  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology ^*

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CMOS; Harmonic tuned (HT) LC tank; Low phase noise; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NOISE ABATEMENT; SILICON; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

HARMONIC TUNED (HT) LC TANK; LOW PHASE NOISE; PHASE-NOISE SUPPRESSION; ZERO CROSSING POINT;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 33746418575     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.877439     Document Type: Article

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