Comparison of a fully integrated differential voltage controlled Colpitts oscillator to the cross-coupled oscillator topology

2006 Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems - Digest of Papers

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 182-185

  Viessmann, Alexander ^a   Damitz, Frank ^a   Franke, Reiner ^a   Tempel, Ralf ^a  

^a ATMEL Duisburg GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charge phase transfer function; Colpitts oscillator; Cross coupled oscillator; Load pulling; Phase noise; VCO; VDD pushing; Voltage controlled oscillator

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIODES; TOPOLOGY; VARACTORS;

CHARGE PHASE TRANSFER FUNCTION; COLPITTS OSCILLATORS; CROSS COUPLED OSCILLATORS; FREQUENCY TUNING; LOAD PULLING; PHASE NOISE; VDD PUSHING;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 33847046408     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SMIC.2005.1587938     Document Type: Conference Paper

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