A low-power 114-GHz push-push CMOS VCO using LC source degeneration

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1230-1239

  Huang, Ping Chen ^b,c   Tsai, Ming Da ^a,b,d   Vendelin, George D ^a,b,e   Wang, Huei ^a,b   Chen, Chun Hung ^f   Chang, Chih Sheng ^f  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^d MEDIATEK INC   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CMOS; Millimeter wave (MMW); Negative resistance cell; Voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs)

Indexed keywords

CMOS VCO; CORE POWER CONSUMPTION; NEGATIVE-RESISTANCE CELLS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; PHASE NOISE; TOPOLOGY; TUNING;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 34249858060     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2007.897136     Document Type: Article

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