A low noise 0.9 GHz FBAR clock

Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-37

  Åberg, Markku ^a   Ylimaula, Miikka ^a   Ylilammi, Markku ^a   Pensala, Tuomas ^a   Rantala, Arto ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clock circuit; FBAR resonator; rf oscillator

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS; JITTER; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PIPELINES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CLOCK CIRCUITS; DIFFERENTIAL CONVERSION; FBAR RESONATORS; PHASE NOISE PERFORMANCE;

CLOCKS;

EID: 33845480747     PISSN: 09251030     EISSN: 15731979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10470-006-9616-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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