Extraction technique of differential second harmonic output in CMOS LC VCO

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 379-381

  Shin, Hyunchol ^a,b   Kim, Hyun ^a,b  

^a Kwangwoon University ^*

^b Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CMOS; Monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs); Push push voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; HARMONIC GENERATION; TOPOLOGY; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (MMICS); PUSH-PUSH VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR (VCO); SECOND HARMONIC OUTPUT; VOLTAGE-LIMITED REGIMES;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 34247565682     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2007.895721     Document Type: Article

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