A low phase noise LC VCO in 65 nm CMOS process using rectangular switching technique

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 610-612

  Kim, Huijung ^b   Kim, Woonyun ^c   Ryu, Seonghan ^c   Kang, Sanghoon ^c   Park, Byeong Ha ^c   Kim, Bumman ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CMOS; Harmonic tuned LC tank; Harmonic tuning; Low phase noise; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SWITCHING; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

HARMONIC TUNED LC TANK; HARMONIC TUNING; LOW PHASE NOISE;

PHASE NOISE;

EID: 34547795152     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2007.901795     Document Type: Article

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