Transformer-Based Dual-Mode Voltage-Controlled Oscillators

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 293-297

  Sandner, Christoph ^b   Pavan, Federico P ^a   Gerosa, Andrea ^a   Neviani, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG   (Austria)

Author keywords

architectures; Feedback; microwave oscillators; reconfigurable; transformers; voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; PHASE NOISE; TRANSISTORS; TUNING; VARACTORS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

DUAL-MODE VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; FREQUENCY TUNING; RECONFIGURABLE ARCHITECTURES; SWITCHED CAPACITORS; SWITCHED INDUCTORS; TRANSFORMER-BASED RESONATOR;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 34247529598     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2006.889734     Document Type: Article

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