More on the 1/f 2 phase noise performance of CMOS differential-pair LC-tank oscillators

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2703-2711

  Andreani, Pietro ^a,b   Fard, Ali ^c,d  

^a IEEE   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Catena   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CMOS; LC; Oscillators; Phase noise; VCOs

Indexed keywords

PHASE NOISE; SINGLE SWITCH PAIR OSCILLATOR; TRANSISTORS CURRENTS;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TRANSISTORS; TUNING; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 33845667295     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2006.884188     Document Type: Conference Paper

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