A comprehensive analysis of quadrature signal synthesis in cross-coupled RF VCOs

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 689-704

  Chamas, Ibrahim R ^a   Raman, Sanjay ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross coupled differential oscillator; Image rejection; Injection locking; Integrated circuits; Quadrature phase generation; Radio frequency (RF)

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; ERRORS; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY; TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

CROSS-COUPLED DIFFERENTIAL OSCILLATOR; IMAGE REJECTION; INJECTION LOCKING; QUADRATURE PHASE GENERATION; RADIO FREQUENCY;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 34247260880     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2006.888665     Document Type: Article

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