RF CMOS LC-Oscillator with source damping resistors

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 511-513

  Yun, Seok Ju ^a   Cha, Chong Yul ^b   Choi, Hyoung Chul ^b   Lee, Sang Gug ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS); Damping resistors; I f noise; Phase noise; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DAMPING; RESISTORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TOPOLOGY;

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; DAMPING RESISTORS; LC-OSCILLATORS; PHASE NOISE;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 33748344942     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2006.880700     Document Type: Article

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