Power efficient Ka-band low phase noise VCO in 0.13μm CMOS

Electronics Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 628-630

  Jung, D Y ^a   Park, C S ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; MILLIMETER WAVES; PHASE NOISE;

FIGURE-OF-MERIT (FOM); KA-BAND LOW PHASE NOISE; MICROSTRIP INDUCTORS;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 43349106852     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20080527     Document Type: Article

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