A CMOS voltage-controlled oscillator using high-Q on-chip inductor implemented in a wafer-level package

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1357-1360

  Yoon, Sang Woong ^a,b   Pinel, Stephan ^b   Laskar, Joy ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS; Inductor; Quality factor (Q factor); Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO); Wafer level package (WLP)

Indexed keywords

LC-RESONATOR; ON-CHIP INDUCTORS; PHASE NOISE; WAFER-LEVEL PACKAGE (WLP);

CHIP SCALE PACKAGES; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PASSIVATION; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 33749241732     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2005.1516933     Document Type: Conference Paper

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