A study of capacitor-coupled varactor VCO to investigate flicker noise up-conversion mechanism

Proceedings - 2005 IEEE International Workshop on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology: Integrated Circuits for Wideband Communication and Wireless Sensor Networks, RFIT 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 157-160

  Itoh, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

CAPACITOR-COUPLED VARACTOR; FLICKER NOISE; MODULATION PASS; UP-CONVERSION MECHANISM;

VARACTORS;

EID: 33847297076     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFIT.2005.1598899     Document Type: Conference Paper

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