A Magnetically Tuned Quadrature Oscillator

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2870-2877

  Cusmai, Giuseppe ^a,b   Repossi, Matteo ^c   Albasini, Guido ^c   Mazzanti, Andrea ^d   Svelto, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b BROADCOM CORPORATION   (United States)

^c STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CMOS radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs); Frequency tuning; Integrated transformers; Local oscillators; Quadrature voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs)

Indexed keywords

CMOS RADIO; FREQUENCY-TUNING; INTEGRATED TRANSFORMERS; LOCAL OSCILLATORS; QUADRATURE VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR;

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHASE NOISE; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TRANSFORMER WINDINGS; TUNING; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 42649129233     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2007.908727     Document Type: Conference Paper

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