A time-domain oscillator envelope tracking algorithm employing dual phase conditions

IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-69

  Mei, Ting ^a,b,c   Roychowdhury, Jaijeet ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulations; Envelope following; Frequency modulations (FMs); Oscillators

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE TRACKING ALGORITHM; FREQUENCY MODULATIONS (FM); TRANSIENT STARTUP ENVELOPES;

ALGORITHMS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ROBUST CONTROL; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 37249078214     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAD.2007.907259     Document Type: Article

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