VCO linearization using harmonic balance

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 864-867

  Dominguez, Jacobo ^a   Sancho, Sergio ^a   Suárez, Almudena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chirp signal; Harmonic balance; Optimization; Voltage controlled oscillator

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FREQUENCY BANDS; HARMONIC GENERATION; TUNING;

CHIRP SIGNALS; HARMONIC BALANCE; OPERATION FREQUENCY BANDS; TUNING VOLTAGE;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 34250367053     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249828     Document Type: Conference Paper

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