An ultra compact differentially tuned 6 GHz CMOS LC VCO with dynamic common-mode feedback

Proceedings of the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 671-674

  Soltanian, Babak ^a   Ainspan, Herschel ^b   Rhee, Woogeun ^b   Friedman, Daniel ^b   Kinget, Peter ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); VARACTORS;

DIFFERENTIAL CONTROL; VARACTOR CONTROL;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 39049085734     PISSN: 08865930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CICC.2006.320877     Document Type: Conference Paper

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