A 2.2-mW backgate coupled LC quadrature VCO with current reused structure

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 298-300

  Hong, Jong Phil ^a   Yun, Seok Ju ^a   Oh, Nam Jin ^a   Lee, Sang Gug ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CMOS; Low power; Quadrature voltage controlled oscillator (QVCO); Radio frequency (RF)

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GATES (TRANSISTOR);

BACKGATE COUPLED OSCILLATOR; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; QUADRATURE VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR (QVCO); RADIO FREQUENCY (RF);

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 34047165854     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2007.892988     Document Type: Article

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