A subthreshold low phase noise CMOS LC VCO for ultra low power applications

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 796-798

  Lee, Hanil ^a,b   Mohammadi, Saeed ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS; Low phase noise; Low power; Subthreshold operation; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

LOW PHASE NOISE; SUBTHRESHOLD OPERATION; VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR (VCO);

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DRAIN CURRENT; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

PHASE NOISE;

EID: 35948971722     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2007.908057     Document Type: Article

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