A wide tuning-range CMOS VCO with a differential tunable active inductor

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3462-3468

  Lu, Liang Hung ^a,b   Hsieh, Hsieh Hung ^a,b   Liao, Yu Te ^b,c  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential active inductors; Frequency tuning range; Miniaturization; Multistandard transceivers; Phase noise; Voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs); Wideband

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL ACTIVE INDUCTORS; FREQUENCY TUNING RANGE; MINIATURIZATION; MULTISTANDARD TRANSCEIVERS; PHASE NOISE; WIDEBAND;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; MICROWAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TOPOLOGY; VARACTORS;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 33748370112     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.880646     Document Type: Article

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