Novel VCO architecture using series above-IC FBAR and parallel LC resonance

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2248-2256

  Östman, Kim B ^b   Sipilä, Sami T ^a,b   Uzunov, Ivan S ^a,b   Tchamov, Nikolay T ^b  

^a IEEE

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) voltage controlled oscillator (VCO); Integrated circuits; Phase noise; Piezoelectric resonator oscillators; Tuning range

Indexed keywords

FILM BULK ACOUSTIC RESONATOR (FBAR); PHASE NOISE; PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR OSCILLATORS; TUNING RANGE;

ACOUSTIC BULK WAVE DEVICES; ACOUSTIC RESONATORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RESONANCE; TUNING;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 33749510699     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2006.881567     Document Type: Conference Paper

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